July 26, 2024
New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence
UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen
July 25, 2024
Parched Central Valley farms depend on Sierras for groundwater
New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as America’s breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming region that, in some parts, relies almost entirely on groundwater for irrigation.
July 22, 2024
Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction
Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays
July 17, 2024
Cage-free chickens are louse-y
Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.
July 11, 2024
Wild plants and crops don’t make great neighbors
Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.
July 11, 2024
With spin centers, quantum computing takes a step forward
New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information
July 08, 2024
Exponentially increasing understanding of early life on Earth
A UC Riverside paper has opened the door to understanding more about early life on Earth, and to framing the search for life beyond this planet.
June 25, 2024
Telltale greenhouse gases could signal alien activity
If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we’d be able to tell. A new UC Riverside study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed planet.
More College News
CNAS in the Media
'Inside UCR' CNAS News
July 15, 2024
CA Honey Queen is a UCR entomology graduate student
Beekeeping Federation position advances insect education
July 15, 2024
Summer Physics Academy brings back an alumna to campus
Christina Manzano was one of two community college teachers attending the weeklong workshop
July 09, 2024
UCR advisor helped eliminate “probation” from academic language
The University of California has dropped the word “probation” from academic regulations – a change that a UC Riverside academic advisor helped push forward.
The UC Academic Senate voted overwhelmingly on June 21 to remove the term probation and replace it with academic notice to alert students when they are falling behind in their studies.
Brett McFarlane, director of the College of Natural and Agricultural Resources Sciences Undergraduate Academic Advising Center, worked with fellow advisors at partners UC campuses to make that change.
July 03, 2024
Sophomore wins UCR neuroscience award
The Austin and Helen Riesen Neuroscience Award is given to the top undergraduate student in the neuroscience program
July 03, 2024
UCR soil researcher wins outstanding dissertation award
National recognition for soil scientist Matthew Amato
June 13, 2024
Gravitational waves hint at dark matter and Big Bang mysteries
Study reports very simple forms of matter could generate detectable gravitational wave backgrounds soon after the Big Bang
May 29, 2024
Physicists gain hands-on experience using cyclotron at UC Davis
Team included undergraduate and graduate students
May 29, 2024
Extracurricular: UCR analyst’s art travels to Romania
Maggie Tello Case thought she was being phished when she received an email in January from curator Claire D’Alba representing the Art in Embassies program at the United States Department of State. D’Alba was requesting Tello Case, a senior contracts and grants analyst in UCR’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, lend some of her artwork for display in U.S.
