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South Greenland iceberg
Strange Atlantic cold spot traced to ocean slowdown
For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean’s overall warming, fueling debate amongst scientists. A new study identifies the cause as the long-term weakening of a major ocean circulation system.
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Plants in a laboratory
How ubiquitous small particles turn harmful inside plants
A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform upon entering plant cells and weaken plants’ ability to turn sunlight into food.
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cows in a field
A California dairy tried to capture its methane. It worked.
A University of California, Riverside study shows dairy digesters can reduce methane emissions on farms by roughly 80 percent, which matches estimates state officials have used in their climate planning.
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Bumble bee queen
Even bumble bee queens need personal days, too
A new study shows that bumble bee queens take regular breaks from reproduction, likely to avoid burning out before their first workers arrive.
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Celebrating UCR’s Class of 2025
At any given time, our camera rolls are packed with tons of pictures. So, when we asked students from the UC Riverside Class of 2025 to look back at their photo galleries and find memorable moments captured during their entire university journey, we knew we were asking a lot of them. But, goodness, it was so worth it.
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tropical forest
Does planting trees really help cool the planet?
Replanting forests can cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total effect won’t cancel out human-generated warming.
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Man vapes
New study highlights health risks of ultrasonic cigarettes
UC Riverside researchers find harmful metals in u-cigarettes’ liquids and aerosols
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Coastal reef survey
Chemical warfare on the seafloor
Study shows how turf algae undermine kelp forest recovery
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How did supermassive black holes form in the early universe?
John Templeton Foundation grant to UCR will support research by physicist Hai-Bo Yu
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Barry Barish
Physicist recognized for contributions to cosmic ray physics
Barry Barish will receive the IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Award in July
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Barry Barish
Physicist elected member of American Philosophical Society
Barry Barish is one of only 38 new members of North America’s oldest learned society
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School of Medicine Education Building I
School of Medicine server room at the heart of UCR research
High-powered computers relocated to SOM Ed 1 will benefit research across campus
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Chemistry PhD students
Chemistry Ph.D. students to represent UCR at Nobel Laureate meeting 
Ashley Pimentel and Ting Zhao encourage fellow students to pursue opportunities.
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Graph related to Casimir force
UCR physicist’s work featured in popular quantum course
Umar Mohideen’s image from Casimir effect experiment will appear in Spanish version of a show on quantum mechanics
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Timothy Lyons, distinguished professor of biogeochemistry, is now even more distinguished as this year’s winner of The Geological Society of America’s prestigious Arthur L. Day medal.
Tim Lyons’ geochemistry award continues lineage of legends
Greatness runs in the lab.
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CMS experiment
UCR part of collaboration that received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
CMS collaborators analyze data from Large Hadron Collider collisions
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