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Researchers test out adaptive optics device
New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe
Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors
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Ribonucleic acid strands
Why our cells almost never fail
A $2.1 million grant will help a UCR synthetic biologist understand how cells stay stable despite stress.
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Atmospheric river as seen from above
Slowing Atlantic current fueling stronger California storms
A slowing Atlantic Ocean current will intensify powerful storms in California while reducing snowfall over Greenland. 
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Preventing the next egg crisis with smarter avian flu detection
A UC Riverside scientist has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to develop a better tool to track avian flu on poultry farms, help prevent future outbreaks, and avoid egg shortages.
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Steppe moss
Scientists just found something weird inside moss
UC Riverside researchers have found evidence, for the first time, that desert mosses may host fungi inside their tissues. The finding offers a clue about how ancient life crawled from oceans onto dry land.
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Traumatic brain injury
How the immune system worsens brain injury outcomes
UC Riverside researchers link immune signaling to memory loss, seizures, and disrupted brain function after concussion
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Class of 2026 graduate with family
Countdown to UCR's 72nd Commencement
A roundup of commencement must-knows for graduating students and their families.
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New World screwworm larva
A flesh-eating fly has returned to the U.S. What now?
The New World screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds and burrows into skin. While human infections are rare, the insect poses an existential threat to cattle farming and dairy production. And it is now in Texas.
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