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orchard robot monitoring soil
Watering smarter, not more
Better farming through technology: A new UC Riverside system can map soil moisture tree by tree, so growers water only where and when it’s needed.
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dairy cows
Cow manure digesters really cut methane — unless they leak
UC Riverside study of nearly 100 dairy farms shows systems designed to capture methane from manure are highly effective, unless they leak.
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Van de Ven and lab plant specimens
How plants stop growing to survive stress
A UCR researcher worked years into retirement to uncover the biology behind plants' response to environmental stress. Her dedication could help us all.
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Key Alzheimer’s proteins are competing inside brain cells
New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed, but from one protein interfering with the normal job of another 
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Crude oil refinery by sea
Coastal ocean chemistry now substantially shaped by humans
UC Riverside-led study found no places in the ocean completely untouched by human chemical impacts
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bed bug shadow on a pillow
Water is bed bugs’ kryptonite
New research has, for the first time, identified one thing that bed bugs seem to fear -- water and wet surfaces.
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poppies blooming in Lake Elsinore
A superbloom ahead of schedule
UC Riverside plant ecologist Loralee Larios weighs in on the outlook for a wildflower superbloom show this year, where one might see it, and how flower lovers can protect the blooms for years to come. 
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The science behind a great guacamole
Guacamole is a game-day favorite, but what does it take to perfect it? Researchers at UC Riverside are peeling back the science of what makes a great avocado and how to turn it into a winning bowl of guacamole. 
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Mycologist Sydney Glassman holding a mushroom
A rising star in fungal science
UC Riverside mycologist Sydney Glassman wins national early-career award
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Brad Marston gives lecture
Gravitational physics community gathers at UCR
The 42nd Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting brought leading gravitational researchers to campus for the first time
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Manuela Martins-Green
Professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Wound Healing Society
Manuela Martins-Green’s lab pioneered studies on the role of chemokines in wound healing
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Marin Furukuwa and others at AES meeting
From diagnosis to discovery: Marin Furukuwa’s journey through epilepsy research
Undergraduate’s internship experience fueled her passion for neuroscience and healthcare
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Ryan Milton
UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship
Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Mahboubeh Ahmadi
Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award
Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors
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The Kane asteroid orbit
A UCR astrophysicist is now an asteroid
A scientist, his asteroid, and a happy hour
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Tango mandarin is ‘2026 Flavor of the Year’ in Spain and Portugal
A European trade association chooses the UCR-developed Tango mandarin as "Flavor of the Year" in Spain and Portugal.
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