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Airborne plastic chemical levels shock researchers
Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty products. 
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Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert dust is helping oceans thrive
Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing the flow of iron into them can increase the amount of carbon fixed by phytoplankton, with consequences for the global climate.
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Scientists design new drug to fight malaria
In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all antimalarial drugs has posed a big challenge for researchers working to stop the spread of the disease.
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New data science tool greatly speeds up molecular analysis of our environment
UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group
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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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DOE renewal grant funds student research
Researchers will work at Brookhaven National Laboratory to uncover internal structure of protons
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UCR physicists receive DOE grants as early career scientists
Miguel Arratia and Shawn Westerdale have each been awarded $875,000 over five years
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Alumni win over $300K in 2024-25 awards through CUREL
With the help of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning, or CUREL, recent graduates of UC Riverside racked up over $300,000 worth of funding for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue their studies and research.
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LIGO Observatories
NSF funds instrumentation in lab linked to LIGO research
Physicist Jon Richardson is grant’s principal investigator
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