POPULAR SCIENCE - “If Jupiter did have them, they’d appear even brighter to us, because the planet is so much closer than Saturn,” Stephen Kane, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Riverside and lead author of the study, said in a university press release. When Jupiter is closest to Earth, astronomers estimate it’s about...
The Press-Enterprise - “Little Miss Stinky,” the corpse flower on display at the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens, has bloomed. At least 1,500 people — a couple wearing homemade “Little Miss Stinky” shirts — lined up outside the botanic gardens’ greenhouse Sunday, July 24 to see the Amorphophallus titanum, the rare corpse plant, in bloom. To...
The Press Enterprise - This rare, beautiful flower is gigantic, other-worldly — and stinky. The amorphophallus titanum, known as a corpse flower plant, is on display in the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens and getting ready to bloom, a UCR news release announced. Affectionately called “Little Miss Stinky” by the gardens staff, the tropical flower blooms...
CNET - "We found that the Galilean moons of Jupiter, one of which is the largest moon in our solar system, would very quickly destroy any large rings that might form," Stephen Kane, an astrophysicist from the University of California, Riverside, who led the research, said in a statement. "As a result, it is unlikely...
EARTH.COM - A new study led by the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has found that plants are able to protect themselves from environmental hazards such as insects, heat, and drought by producing salicylic acid, which is the main ingredient in aspirin. Better understanding this process could help scientists make plants more resilient to the...
SLATE - Fortunately, researchers in academia and industry are searching for a more permanent fix. A few years ago, Hailing Jin, a plant molecular geneticist at University of California, Riverside, isolated a peptide from the citrus greening–tolerant finger lime tree that confers tolerance in other citrus trees. The peptide can be injected directly into the...
LOS ANGELES TIMES - Another outdoor activity you might consider? A twilight tour of UC Riverside’s Botanic Gardens, led by garden staff and docents. Tours are planned for July 16 and Aug. 13. If you’re interested, sign up early as attendance will be limited. Tickets cost $15 for non-members. The gardens are home to more...
SLASHGEAR - UC Riverside astrobiologist Edward Schwieterman, who co-authored the study, believes the differences between our planet billions of years ago and now could be similar to the differences between our world and others. Schwieterman says: "Early Earth is an alien environment compared to our world today. Understanding how organisms here have changed with time...
THE DAILY BEAST - In a paper published in the journal Nature Food on June 23, a team of researchers at University of California, Riverside and the University of Delaware have created an artificial method of photosynthesis that turns carbon dioxide, electricity, and water into acetate, an alternative chemical that plants can consume to grow...
GIZMODO - Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after researchers conducted the first statewide survey of bumble bee species in 40 years. “If you go to a place where Robbin Thorp would...
RESEARCH OUTREACH - Wound healing is highly regulated, but oxidative stress (OS) can disturb this healing process in chronic wounds. To better understand the process of initiating chronicity, Dr Manuela Martins-Green and her colleagues at the University of California investigated the impact of increased OS levels on wound healing by stimulating chronic wound development in...
WALL STREET JOURNAL - Milt McGiffen, a professor of botany and plant sciences at the University of California, Riverside, said he plans to test the product over the next few months and, if effective, introduce it to avocado and citrus farms in California next year. There will also likely be demand in the Midwest, he...
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THE EPOCH TIMES - A study by the University of California (UCR) suggests that broad-spectrum oral antibiotics may reduce motivation and endurance for voluntary exercise in humans, with the effects magnified in high-exercise cohorts. “We believed an animal’s collection of gut bacteria, its microbiome, would affect digestive processes and muscle function, as well as motivation...
PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN - For many, planting trees has become synonymous with fighting climate change. But in the hot and arid desert, it isn't that simple. A new project from The Center for Conservation Biology at the University of California, Riverside will assess how local land management agencies can best conserve land that uses...
CNN - The vast majority of bees feed on pollen and nectar, but some species have evolved to feast on meat, substituting dead animal carcasses for flower meadows. Vulture bees in Costa Rica have guts rich in acid-loving bacteria similar to those found in hyenas and other animals that feed on carrion, scientists at the...
WASHINGTON POST - Marilyn Fogel, a scientist dubbed the “isotope queen” for illuminating fundamental scientific questions through analysis of atomic isotope ratios, died May 11 at her home in Mariposa, Calif. She was 69. Dr. Fogel spent much of her career at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, where she pioneered the use of...
NASA.GOV - NASA's Astrobiology program announced its newest Research Coordination Network (RCN) ‘LIFE: Early Cells to Multicellularity,’ bringing together a collaboration of researchers from around the world that will spend the next five years investigating the earliest biological processes and the evolution of life into more complex organisms. The LIFE RCN is co-led by the...
LAist.com - Bee populations have been struggling for years due, in part, to climate change and the use of pesticides. Boris Baer, a professor of pollinator health, keeps bees at UC Riverside and gets updates from beekeepers across Southern California. He says the region is a global hotspot for pollinators. "Because we have like, I...
GENETIC ENGINEERING & BIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS - “Identities of different cells rely heavily on the genome sites that are more open because only genes located in those regions can potentially become expressed and turned into proteins,” said Sihem Cheloufi, PhD, assistant professor in biochemistry at the University of California at Riverside. Cheloufi added that to maintain...
BBC.COM - I slowly scanned the sedimentary layers of the gorge. If you know how to read it, this repository of the planet's evolution is one of the world's best exposure sites, according to Mary Droser, professor of geology at University of California Riverside. "The Flinders Ranges encompasses a huge swath of time that incorporates...