Ateam led by UC Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth that could also make Martian soil safer for agriculture and help produce oxygen for human Mars explorers.
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2021
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As its name suggests, dark matter—material which makes up about 85% of the mass in the universe—emits no light, eluding easy detection. Its properties, too, remain fairly obscure.
General Physics
Jun 2, 2021
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Amembrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer's electric potential and slowly release ...
Polymers
May 24, 2021
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University of California scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2021
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36
In order for metal nanomaterials to deliver on their promise to energy and electronics, they need to shape up—literally.
Nanophysics
May 11, 2021
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70
Harsh prison sentences for juvenile crimes do not reduce the probability of conviction for violent crimes as an adult, and actually increase the propensity for conviction of drug-related crimes, finds a new study by economists ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2021
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Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases, but they've been extremely difficult to detect—until now.
Biochemistry
May 4, 2021
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158
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have used a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to control the interaction between magnons—research that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computers.
Nanophysics
Apr 28, 2021
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95
Corn is America's top agricultural crop, and also one of its most wasteful. About half the harvest—stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs—remains as waste after the kernels have been stripped from the cobs. These leftovers, ...
Materials Science
Apr 26, 2021
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UC Riverside engineers are developing methods to estimate the impact of California's destructive wildfires on air quality in neighborhoods affected by the smoke from these fires. Their research, funded by NASA and the results ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2021
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