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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets

Smithsonian Magazine | April 1, 2025
Smithsonian features the work of UCR planetary astrophysicist Stephen Kane, who is using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’t.
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Pregnant women who consume menthol vapes may harm unborn babies

NBC Tri-Cities/Yakima | April 1, 2025
Pregnant women should avoid menthol-flavored vapes, warns new UCR research.
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Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought

Popular Science | March 9, 2025
UCR biologists Tim Higham and Phil Sternes co-authored a paper showing the extinct mega-predator could have been about two school buses long, and that the newborn pups would have been as large as an adult great white shark.
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Here’s an easy way you can help California native wildflowers thrive

LAist / KPCC 89.3 FM | March 6, 2025
A new study from researchers at UCR found that raking away dead plant debris produced by invasive plants can be an effective way to increase biodiversity of native plants.
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UC Riverside student group fights hunger

The Press Enterprise | March 5, 2025
UCR’s Hungry 4 Biscuits is trying to make sure no student goes hungry.
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Scientists make astonishing discovery about plants at the molecular level — here's how it could help solve major problems in the medical field

MSN / The Cool Down | February 16, 2025
Katie Dehesh, UCR molecular biochemist, recently discovered a chemical that plants produce that could help prevent infections in medical patients. Biofilm is a slimy bacterial layer that clings to surfaces. Dehesh's team discovered a compound produced by plants that prevents biofilm formation
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Americans may have had bird flu and not even know it, new study suggests

USA Today | February 13, 2025
Elizabeth Jacobs, internal medicine physician and chair of the internal medicine department at the University of California, Riverside Health, on concerns about the virus spreading in humans undetected.
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NIH funding cuts could threaten valuable research, Southern California institutions say

The Press Enterprise | February 11, 2025
Drs. Meera Nair and Declan McCole discuss how NIH cuts could impact their work.
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