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Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
— 29 Mar 2011 15:34 | EnvironmentNew clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Centre narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify…
Nanorods developed in UC Riverside lab could greatly improve visual display of information
— 14 Mar 2011 20:06 | TechnologyChemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that…
Flood-tolerant rice plants can also survive drought, say UC Riverside scientists
— 3 Mar 2011 13:41 | BiologyRice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and…
Geologists get unique and unexpected opportunity to study magma
— 17 Feb 2011 17:57 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well in 2009 in the Krafla volcano in Iceland encountered a problem they were simply unprepared for: magma (molten rock or lava underground)…
Oxygen-free early oceans likely delayed rise of life on planet
— 11 Jan 2011 16:32 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists at the University of California, Riverside have found chemical evidence in 2.6-billion-year-old rocks that indicates that Earth's ancient oceans were oxygen-free and, surprisingly,…
UCR scientists identify pomegranate juice components that could stop cancer from spreading
— 13 Dec 2010 16:25 | HealthResearchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified components in pomegranate juice that both inhibit the movement of cancer cells and weaken their attraction to…
Electronic cigarettes are unsafe and pose health risks, UC Riverside study finds
— 5 Dec 2010 18:01 | HealthElectronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes), also called 'electronic nicotine delivery systems,' are increasingly used worldwide even though only sparse information is available on their…
Discovery by UC Riverside entomologists could shrink dengue-spreading mosquito population
— 3 Dec 2010 18:29 | BiologyEach year, dengue fever infects as many as 100 million people while yellow fever is responsible for about 30,000 deaths worldwide. Both diseases are spread by infected female Aedes…
How authentic is your pomegranate juice?
— 30 Nov 2010 21:44 | ChemistryYou pick up a bottle of pomegranate juice at the store because you've learned that, although it costs more than most juices, it is replete with antioxidants that bring health benefits.…
Perceptual training improves vision of the elderly
— 23 Nov 2010 18:47 | HealthElderly adults can improve their vision with perceptual training, according to a study from the University of California, Riverside and Boston University that has implications for the…