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Desert flowers
Invasive weed threatens Southern California’s deserts 
Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. UC Riverside research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and reducing the desert’s ability to recover from extreme climate swings.
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Vitamin B1
 Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958
Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water — a feat long thought impossible.
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Stem cells
DNA organization offers clues for advancing stem cell therapy
UC Riverside-led study could help advance treatments for injuries, aging, and diseases
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Superbugs, Indigenous video games, and tipping dilemmas
On April 11, nine UC Riverside graduate students presented their research at the 11th annual UCR Grad Slam Final for a chance at $5,000. The event was hosted by UCR’s Grad Division and was held on campus at the School of Business.  Grad Slam is a University of California-wide speaking competition in which graduate students get three minutes to describe their research to judges and an audience of peers, faculty, staff, friends, and family. 
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On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students from the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences at UC Riverside, I welcome you to our college and campus.

 

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Ashley Pimentel
Chemistry Ph.D. student to represent UCR at Nobel Laureate meeting 
Ashley Pimentel encourages fellow students to pursue networking 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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