Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests

After using a technique called molecular clock analysis, researchers have proposed that the origin of animals could be 200 million years earlier than thought.

Machine Learning on the Case to Help Protect Important Pollinators

Researchers have developed a machine learning-based method to identify chemical compounds that can safely repel honey bees from pesticide-treated crops.

Quantum Leap For UCR Physicist With 5-year Moore Foundation Funding

UCR physicist Yongtao Cui receives $1.35 million in Moore Foundation funding as an Experimental Physics Investigator.

Renewed UCR program takes leading role in breeding for drought tolerance - TurfNet - The Professi...

For many superintendents, access to adequate supplies of water for irrigation is a top concern, and for everyone else, it eventually will be. So, imagine a grass that looks as […]

UCR physicist selected as an Experimental Physics Investigator by Moore Foundation

Award provides a five-year, $1.35 million grant to explore collective quantum behavior in 2D materials

A Kansas Family Found 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders In Their Home In 6 Months. Nobody In The Family...

In A Nutshell Most people who spot one brown recluse in the house start thinking about moving. The Barger family of Lenexa, Kansas, found more than 2,000 of them in six months, and kept living there....

Wide-aperture wavefront sensing from thermal imaging

Complete internal thermal state and full-aperture wavefront errors of a large optic can be accurately reconstructed using front-surface thermal imaging.

Enceladus Offers Clues In The Search For Extraterrestrial Life

With a global ocean of liquid water below a thick crust of ice, Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to search for life

Scientists solve a 2-billion-year-old mystery about Earth’s oxygen

Scientists have uncovered how phosphorus helped keep oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago, paving the way for complex life.

Nearby Two-Star System Could Host Stable Earth-Sized World | Space

Can an Earth-sized world survive in a two-star system, also called a binary star? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes | Space

How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing

Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated in its atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago.

An Earth-like planet with two suns?

A nearby star system with two suns could potentially support an Earth-sized planet in a region where liquid water could exist, according to a new paper examining the dynamics of the system.

Saturn’s moon offers clues in search for extraterrestrial life

With a global ocean of liquid water below a thick crust of ice, Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. A new study suggests the moon itself may...

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