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February 14, 2025
New technology enhances gravitational-wave detection
Instrument developed at UC Riverside will help answer fundamental questions in physics and cosmology

February 13, 2025
Perfect storm: megafires set the stage for debris flows
Andrew Gray, an associate professor of watershed hydrology at UCR, weighs in on the threats to life and infrastructure posed by fast-moving debris flows, and how residents can best respond.

February 10, 2025
Breast cancer treatment advances with light-activated ‘smart bomb’
UCR scientists have developed new light-sensitive chemicals that can radically improve the treatment of aggressive cancers with minimal side effects.
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February 03, 2025
Trailblazing UCR Geneticist Becomes National Academy of Sciences VP
Sue Wessler recognized for scientific excellence and collaborative spirit

January 30, 2025
Meet the new dean of CNAS
Peter Atkinson, genetics professor in the Dept. of Entomology

January 29, 2025
UCR team tests novel detector technology at particle collider
Seven UCR students designed, built, and ran their own experiment

January 15, 2025
ACS funding supports research with photocatalytic applications
Physicist Andrew Joe has received a Doctoral New Investigator grant