Innovative Chemical “Nose” Sniffs Critical Differences in DNA Structures
Detection innovation could enhance drug development and cancer research. Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases,…
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450-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature’s Bizarre Breathing Organs Uncovered
Trilobites Had a Leg Up on Breathing A new study has found the first evidence of sophisticated breathing organs in 450-million-year-old sea creatures. Contrary to…
We’re Surprisingly Similar to Earth’s First Animals – Humans Share Genes With Ancient Oceanic Creatures Missing Heads
The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, legs, or arms, but pieces of them remain inside of us today, new research shows. According to…
Moiré Patterns Facilitate Discovery of Unexpected New Insulating Phases
UC Riverside-led study observed unexpected insulating phases by placing electrons on stacked monolayers of 2D semiconductors. Materials that have excess electrons are typically conductors. However,…
Scientists Solve Long-Standing Brain Mystery by a Whisker
UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movement. When we step on the car brake upon seeing a…
Childhood Diet Has Lifelong Impact – You Are What You Eat AND What You Ate as a Child
Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even…
Graduate Student’s BADASS Code Has Astronomical Benefits
An astro-statistics course University of California, Riverside, graduate student Remington O. Sexton took three years ago taught him techniques that led him to develop free,…
Scientists Warn: Chemicals in Your Living Room Cause Diabetes
Mice develop diabetes after exposure through mothers. A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give…
Night of the Living Algae: To Survive Asteroid Impact, Algae Learned to Hunt
Tiny, seemingly harmless ocean plants survived the darkness of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs by learning a ghoulish behavior — eating other living…
If It Wasn’t for Jupiter, Venus Might Be Habitable Today
Study shows the destabilizing effect of the giant gas planet. Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn’t altered its orbit…
Scientists Precisely Measure Total Amount of Matter & Dark Energy in the Entire Universe
UC Riverside-led team’s technique relied on determining the mass of galaxy clusters. A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of…
New Theory About the Nature of Dark Matter Explains Mysterious Deficiency in Galaxy Pair
UC Riverside-led study found self-interacting dark matter theory explains why two galaxies have less dark matter than others. A new theory about the nature of…
Surprising Number of Exoplanets Could Host Life – Some Stars Could Have As Many as 7 Habitable Planets in Orbit
Our solar system has one habitable planet — Earth. A new study shows other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like exoplanets in the…
Biologists Unravel Tangled Mystery of Plant Cell Growth – Insight Could Lead to Bigger Crops and Better Yields
When cells don’t divide into proper copies of themselves, living things fail to grow as they should. For the first time, scientists now understand how…
Innovative Virus Research May Save Wheat and Other Crops
University of California Riverside scientists have solved a 20-year-old genetics puzzle that could result in ways to protect wheat, barley, and other crops from a…
Testing Dark Matter Theory With Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate ‘self-interacting dark matter’ model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax. A research team led by physicists at…
Ancestor of All Animals – Including Humans – Identified in Australian Fossils
A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian. A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the…
New Clues About Potential Life on Mars Revealed by Ancient Meteorite Site on Earth
Study seeks understanding of how Mars may have once hosted oceans and life. Scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history…