Why cluster’s galaxies are unlike those in all the other known protoclusters is a mystery, says UC Riverside-led team. An international team of astronomers led…
Extinct shark’s shape swims back out of focus. A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon,…
UC Riverside-led team develops new computational method that applies techniques from statistical physics mathematical models in epidemiology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple new and more…
Masks could work for more than COVID-19 An N95 mask might protect commuters from aerosolized TDCIPP, a step commuters might consider since cleaning the car’s…
A UC Riverside astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing tools. The…
UC Riverside astrophysicist explains the science. The James Webb Space Telescope, the most complex and expensive space laboratory ever created, is less than two weeks…
The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they…
UC Riverside experts share their thoughts on the new COVID-19 variant. The heavily mutated variant of COVID-19, named Omicron by the World Health Organization, or…
Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause — and prolong — the biggest mass extinction in Earth’s history, a new study suggests. Generally, scientists believe…
Scientists from University of California, Riverside are studying how the popular keto and intermittent fasting diets work on a molecular level, and whether both sexes…
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…
Molecule masterminds elaborate growth process. A team of researchers led by UC Riverside has demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule…
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…
Lidar mapping study reveals vast landscape modifications that still influence construction and farming. A lidar mapping study using a cutting-edge aerial mapping technology shows ancient…
UC Riverside astronomer and colleagues use simulations to reveal how the very faint dwarf galaxies are born. As their name suggests, ultradiffuse galaxies, or UDGs,…
For the average bee, every little bit counts. A new UC Riverside study shows that a type of insecticide made for commercial plant nurseries is…
UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse. Supermassive black holes, or SMBHs, are black holes with…
