According to recent research, antibiotics can also ruin athletic performance. Eliminating gut microorganisms reduces motivation and ability to exercise. According to a recent study, antibiotics…
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Artist’s rendering of the process by which microbes captured sunlight for energy with rhodopsin proteins. Credit: Sohail Wasif/UCR Light-capturing proteins illuminate Earth of billions of…
Plants are growing in complete darkness in an acetate medium that replaces biological photosynthesis. Credit: Marcus Harland-Dunaway/UCR Artificial photosynthesis is being developed by researchers to…
A study finds that algal genes provide answers to questions concerning plant growth and health. The discovery will help develop heat-tolerant crops and improve algal…
Cell nucleus illustration. University of California Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the…
A sequence of images from Solar Dynamic Observatory in 171 angstroms of the Venus transit, merged together to show the path of Venus across the…
Time crystals that persist indefinitely at room temperature could have applications in precision timekeeping. We have all seen crystals, whether a simple grain of salt…
Reconstruction of a full-scale Megalodon and a set of teeth at the Museo de la Evolución de Puebla in Mexico. Credit: Luis Alvaz Extinct shark’s…
UC Riverside-led team develops new computational method that applies techniques from statistical physics mathematical models in epidemiology. During the SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
A gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star, which is similar to TOI-2180 b. Credit: NASA A UC Riverside astronomer and a group of…
Webb Space Telescope adjusting orientation. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center UC Riverside astrophysicist explains the science. The James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space…
Volcanos in present-day Siberia kickstarted the world’s biggest mass extinction event. Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause — and prolong — the biggest mass…
UC Riverside scientists are trying to find the molecular basis of popular diets such as keto and intermittent fasting. Scientists from University of California, Riverside…
Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging. Scientists have developed new materials for…
A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather…
Timelapse of alfalfa sprouts growing (including roots and leaves) to represent fast plant growth. Molecule masterminds elaborate growth process. A team of researchers led by…
Seeds that would otherwise lie dormant will spring to life with the aid of a new chemical discovered by a UC Riverside-led team. Plants have…
On the left, one of the ultra-diffuse galaxies that was analyzed in the simulation. On the right, the image of the DF2 galaxy, which is…
An alfalfa leafcutter bee, the type used by UC Riverside scientists to study the effects of pesticide and water levels. Credit: David Rankin/UCR For the…
A catalyst that destroys perchlorate in water could clean Martian soil. A team led by University of California Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove…