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AI image of geothermal facility
Department of Energy awards AI geothermal project to UCs
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has selected a geothermal energy project led by engineers at the University of California, Irvine to move forward to a second phase that will span three years. The multi-agent AI expert for subsurface reasoning and optimization initiative brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines who will deploy the latest artificial intelligence tools to tap into heat beneath the Earth’s surface to spin turbines and generate electricity.
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Quantum electrons
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
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Trilobites gathering underwater
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. 
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Opiuchi 70
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.
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A Message from Dean Peter Atkinson

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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Inside UCR

Daniel Petras and Mingxun Wang
Two UCR researchers named to Analytical Scientist’s Top 40 Under 40
Daniel Petras and Mingxun Wang recognized for innovative research and emerging leadership
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Mikeal Roose, UC Regents Innovation Awards winner
Tango researcher receives UC Regents award
UC Riverside citrus researcher Mikeal Roose is among 23 honorees across the University of California campuses to receive UC Regents Innovation Awards, the UC announced this week. Roose is credited with co-developing the seedless Tango mandarin.
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Axel Busch Castro
Prestigious fellowship helps plant scientist’s career bloom
Undergraduate grows research skills at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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Fabian Klenner and his Raman Spectrometer
New instruments put UCR at cutting edge of search for life beyond Earth
Is there life beyond Earth?
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