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- Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/02/07/fungi-and-bacteria-are-binging-burned-soil 56 comments
- Small protein plays big role in chronic HIV infection https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/04/small-protein-plays-big-role-chronic-hiv-infection 4 comments upliftingnews
- CO2 worsens wildfires by helping plants grow https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/17/co2-worsens-wildfires-helping-plants-grow 6 comments nature
- Study finds that methane creates cooling clouds that offset 30% of the heat, which means methane has a lower effect on climate change than previously thought https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/03/27/surprise-effect-methane-cools-even-it-heats 75 comments upliftingnews
- Taking camera-phone pictures of instructional slides helped students better retain content, not only for the slide information, but also for spoken-word content https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/10/17/taking-photos-slides-helps-students-remember 13 comments science
- Mexican mangroves have been capturing carbon for 5,000 years https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/09/16/mexican-mangroves-have-been-capturing-carbon-5000-years 5 comments environment
- Physicists invoke the cosmological collider to explain why matter, and not antimatter, dominates the universe https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/09/08/unraveling-mystery-surrounding-cosmic-matter 4 comments astronomy
- Why Jupiter doesn’t have rings like Saturn https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/07/21/why-jupiter-doesnt-have-rings-saturn 16 comments space
- Scientists are developing artificial photosynthesis to help make food production more energy-efficient here on Earth, and one day possibly on Mars https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/06/23/artificial-photosynthesis-can-produce-food-without-sunshine 2 comments science
- Scientists are developing artificial photosynthesis to help make food production more energy-efficient here on Earth (up to 18 times more efficient for some foods), and one day possibly on Mars https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/06/23/artificial-photosynthesis-can-produce-food-without-sunshine 55 comments science
- Study shows “near transfer” predicts “far transfer”: for a person skilled at playing a game, such as Wordle, near transfer refers to being skilled at similar games, such as a crossword puzzle. An example of far transfer for this person is better focus in daily living activities https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/06/20/who-benefits-brain-training-and-why 7 comments science
- Black eyed peas’ ability to attract beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria isn’t diminished by modern farming practices, new research shows. Planting it in rotation with other crops could help growers avoid the need for costly, environmentally damaging fertilizers. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/01/20/black-eyed-peas-could-help-eliminate-need-fertilizer 697 comments science
- Study links high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease to plastics https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/11/30/study-links-high-cholesterol-cardiovascular-disease-plastics 20 comments science
- Scientists discover potential cause of Alzheimer’s Disease https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/11/29/scientists-discover-potential-cause-alzheimers-disease 68 comments science
- Managing earthquakes triggered by oil production. Scientists demonstrate safer wastewater disposal method. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/07/28/managing-earthquakes-triggered-oil-production 3 comments science
- Leader effectiveness may depend on emotional expression. When they don’t express negative emotions, women are seen as more effective leaders than men. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/07/26/leader-effectiveness-may-depend-emotional-expression 8 comments science
- About 70-80% of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/07/14/modified-yeast-inhibits-fungal-growth-plants 28 comments science
- Letting employees select their own tasks is a popular means of increasing work satisfaction. New study shows self-selection tends to perform better than managerial allocation when employees are highly specialized, tasks are fairly independent, and when new workers join a firm or project over time. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/03/16/should-companies-let-employees-choose-their-tasks 33 comments science
- A new study finds that California's commuters are likely inhaling chemicals at levels that increase risk for cancer & birth defects. 90% of the population in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Santa Clara, and Alameda counties have at least a 10% chance of exceeding cancer risk from inhaling chemicals. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/02/15/commuters-are-inhaling-unacceptably-high-levels-carcinogens 3 comments science
- Commuters are inhaling unacceptably high levels of carcinogens. Up to 90% of the population in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Santa Clara, and Alameda counties have at least a 10% chance of exceeding cancer risk from inhaling the chemicals, based on having 30-minute average commute times https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/02/15/commuters-are-inhaling-unacceptably-high-levels-carcinogens 27 comments science
- Rusted iron pipes can react with residual disinfectants in drinking water distribution systems to produce carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking water. As the world’s water crisis intensifies, recycled and desalinated water, both tend to contain higher bromide levels will become important https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/12/03/common-pipe-alloy-can-form-cancer-causing-chemical-drinking-water 5 comments science
- 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 creatures. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/10/30/survive-asteroid-impact-algae-learned-hunt 29 comments science
- About 6 habitable planets can realistically exist around a single star, new study concludes. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/31/surprising-number-exoplanets-could-host-life 30 comments science
- New study highlights critical role working memory capacity plays in social distancing compliance during COVID-19. Those with higher working memory capacity have an increased awareness of benefits over costs of social distancing, showing more compliance with recommended social distancing guidelines. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/08/couldnt-socially-distance-blame-your-working-memory 28 comments science
- The world is much more alike than different. The research is the most far-reaching study of everyday situations ever, teaming with researchers across the globe to include 62 countries. The aim is determining whether the world's population experiences life very much the same, or differently. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/06/09/world-much-more-alike-different 34 comments science
- A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/03/23/ancestor-all-animals-identified-australian-fossils 28 comments science
- America’s most widely consumed oil causes genetic changes in the brain. Study in mice. If it applies to humans, too, it could have implications for neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, and depression. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/01/17/americas-most-widely-consumed-oil-causes-genetic-changes-brain 87 comments science
- Research identifies possible on/off switch for plant growth. This research is notable not only for its potential impact on crop and food security, but also because roots have historically been less well studied than the above-ground parts of plants https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/01/13/research-identifies-possible-onoff-switch-plant-growth 3 comments science
- Scientists use nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones, which could lead to minimally invasive photodynamic treatments for cancer. It could also lead to new tech for solar-energy conversion, quantum information, and near-infrared driven photocatalysis. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/12/02/making-higher-energy-light-fight-cancer 323 comments science
- If you are an introvert, forcing yourself to be an extravert may make you happier, suggests the first-ever study asking people to act like extraverts for a prolonged period (n=123). Interestingly, faux extraverts reported no discomfort or ill effects. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/09/16/research-suggests-happiest-introverts-may-be-extraverts 13 comments science
- Around 9% of voters who supported Barack Obama in 2012 crossed party lines to endorse Donald Trump in 2016. A new study (n>64,000) suggests that among white voters, vote switching was more likely to be associated with attitudes toward race and immigration than economic factors. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/07/23/what-was-behind-vote-switching-2016-election 3971 comments science
- Scientists decode the genome of black-eyed peas, which have a reputation for surviving heat and drought, giving them the potential to feed people where famine is common. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/07/09/scientists-decode-dna-secrets-worlds-toughest-bean 69 comments science
- Study finds electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells. A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has found that electronic cigarettes, often targeted to youth and pregnant women, produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the brain. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/07/01/study-finds-electronic-cigarettes-damage-brain-stem-cells 49 comments science
- Scientists have finally found a neurotoxin that doesn’t appear to be harmful to any living thing except Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria. It does not affect humans, vertebrates, fish, or even other insects, and may be an environmentally-friendly solution to Anopheles insecticide resistance. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/06/28/controlling-deadly-malaria-without-chemicals 738 comments science
- Thirdhand smoke - residue left by exhaled smoke on surfaces - negatively affects cells in humans. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/06/28/scientists-find-thirdhand-smoke-affects-cells-humans 55 comments science
- New study busts myths about gossip: Women don’t engage in “tear-down” gossip any more than men, lower income people don’t gossip more than wealthy people, younger people are more likely to gossip negatively than their older counterparts, and people gossip 52 minutes a day on average (n=467). https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/05/03/uc-riverside-study-busts-myths-about-gossip 16 comments science
- Astronauts might soon grow SPACE tomatoes https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/04/25/astronauts-might-soon-grow-space-tomatoes 12 comments space
- Physicists have created the first “electron liquid” at room temperature, meaning we’re one step closer to devices that would improve communications in outer space, cancer detection, and scanning for concealed weapons https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/02/04/uc-riverside-physicists-create-exotic-electron-liquid 3 comments science
- Rendered Insecure: GPU Side Channel A!acks are Practical (Demonstrated on NVIDIA GPU) https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2018/11/05/new-attacks-graphics-processors-endanger-user-privacy 3 comments nvidia
- Couples who often say “we” and “us” have more successful relationships and are healthier and happier, suggests a new study, with the benefit evident in all five measures of relationship outcomes (including physical and mental health), and equal for both men and women. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2018/10/04/research-affirms-power-we 4 comments science