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DeFronzo Wins Global Prize For Work In Type 2 Diabetes

No one individual has done more to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of type 2 diabetes than Ralph DeFronzo

Engineer Deploys Research On 'Mud Batteries' For Powering Sustainable Agriculture

The UCSC farm hosts one of the first field research sites for studying the potential of microbial fuel cells

Discovery Of Antibody Structure Could Lead To Treatment For Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

Study provides insights into fighting broad range of pathogen’s viral strains

Post-Lockdown Auto Emissions Can’t Hide In The Grass

Sidewalk grasses demonstrate uneven rebound in air pollution

How Do Worms Develop Their Gut?

The pandemic helped a husband-and-wife team at UC Riverside solve the mystery

Salton Sea Dust Triggers Lung Inflammation

UC Riverside study has health implications for people living around California’s largest lake

Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Revealed

UCR scientists open up new chapters in the history of ancient Earth

Earth Might Be Experiencing 7th Mass Extinction, Not 6th

550-million-year-old creatures’ message to the present

How Giant-Faced Owls Snag Voles Hidden In Snow

Great gray predators rely on sound, not sight

Remote-Controlled Microscopes Bring Complex Biology Education To Students Worldwide

In many communities around the world, students’ ability and enthusiasm to pursue STEM fields in their high school and college careers is limited by a lack of resources which prevent them from accessing complex, project-based curriculum like their peers

Offshore Wind Farms May Harm Seabirds, But Scientists See Potential For Net Positive Impact

A new study presents a framework for assessing and mitigating the impacts of offshore wind energy development on marine birds

New JWST Data Reveal More Details Of Exoplanet WASP-39b's Atmosphere

A 'mystery molecule' seen in the initial spectrum has been identified as sulfur dioxide produced by photochemical reactions in the planet’s atmosphere

Braingeneers Develop Novel Method To Automate The Growth Of Brain Tissue Organoids On A Chip

The new system can increase reproducibility in cerebral organoid research and shows promise for lowering levels of cellular stress

Long-Standing Genomic Mystery About The Origins Of Introns Explained In New Study

UCSC scientists point to introners as the source of the vast majority of introns, a source of molecular complexity unique to eukaryotes

Integrated Platform Promises To Accelerate Drug Discovery Process

Novel approach integrates complex datasets from screening of natural products libraries, improving characterization of bioactive molecules and their mechanisms of action

Colombia, A Global Biodiversity Hotspot, Faces Rising Threats To Bird Species From Expanding Human Footprint

Colombia is a global hotspot for biological diversity and has almost 2,000 species of birds—more than any other country in the world.

Astronomers Report Most Distant Known Galaxies, Detected And Confirmed By Webb Telescope

Spectroscopic observations with JWST confirm four early galaxies dating back to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, three of which are the most distant confirmed to date

A Promising Drug Candidate Discovered For The Prevention Of Type 1 Diabetes

Spectroscopic observations with JWST confirm four early galaxies dating back to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, three of which are the most distant confirmed to date

Artefacts Made Of Bird Feathers, Plant Fibres And Fur Buried With A Child In The Mesolithic Stone Age

On the basis of archaeological research, it was possible to identify human remains as a child who may have been laid on a bed of down in a Stone Age burial site discovered under a gravel road in eastern Finland. There may also have been a canid at the child’s feet.