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Algae-gene-boosted crop plants grow better by using more light

New Atlas |
UCR bioengineer Tingting Xiang and chemical engineer Robert Jinkerson discovered the gene that enables marine algae to produce a unique type of chlorophyll. Then they successfully implanted this gene in a land plant, paving the way for better crop yields on less land. 
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How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life

Lightning appears to us as a bright flash, usually during a big rainstorm, and it’s caused by electricity in the atmosphere discharging between clouds or to the ground. It also “influences the chemistry of planetary atmospheres, including, as we all know, on Earth,” explains UCR astrobiologist Edward Schwieterman.
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How the gene-editing technology CRISPR is changing tomatoes, grapes and cattle

KCRW FM |
Mark Hoddle and UCR's Center for Invasive Species Research are commended for the work they're doing to mitigate glassy-winged sharpshooters. These pests are costing California vineyards more than $100 million a year.
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AI is taking water from the desert

The Atlantic |
UCR research was included in a story in the Atlantic on water consumption and AI.
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Newly discovered roundworm species could help limit pesticide use

ABC10 News San Diego |
UCR nematology professor Adler Dillman's laboratory discovered a beneficial new species of tiny worm that could serve as an alternative to pesticides. 
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First Great White Shark newborn possibly captured on camera

ABC10 News San Diego |
Phillip Sternes, a UCR graduate student, and his photographer friend, Carlos Gauna, have become the first two people to document a newborn Great White shark in the wild.
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Queer Catholic Wedding in San Diego

Love Inc. |
Kori K. R. Pacyniak, doctoral student, teaching assistant, and associate instructor with UCR’s Department for the Study of Religion and Gender and Sexuality Studies Department spoke with Love Inc. regarding an announcement by the Vatican that seems to be an attempt to welcome the LGBTQ+ community.
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Students panic after new financial aid application blocks them: ‘I don’t know who to call’

Cal Matters |
CalMatters' story about a college financial aid glitch affecting the children of immigrants quotes Jose Aguilar, UCR's financial aid director.