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Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Yahoo News via Space.com | May 3, 2024
Recent reports of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detecting signs of life of a distant planet outside the solar system are, unfortunately, somewhat premature. That's the conclusion of research conducted by UCR scientists Eddie Schwieterman and Shang-Min Tsai.
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Amid bird flu spread, experts reveal if it's safe to drink milk: 'Indirect concern'

Fox News | April 26, 2024
UCR biomedical sciences professor Scott Pegan shares his thoughts on the presence of the bird flu virus in pasteurized milk and whether drinking it poses any threat.
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UC Riverside researchers develop potential universal vaccine strategy

KPBS San Diego | April 25, 2024
Instead of targeting a unique feature of a virus — usually a protein — virologist Rong Hai’s approach targets genetic material common to all viruses.
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UC Riverside event welcomes nearly 3,000 future students

The Press Enterprise | April 22, 2024
Photos and stories from Highlander Day.
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Venus Exploration Remains Key To Understanding Exo-Earths, Says Paper

Forbes | April 22, 2024
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane was the lead author of a new paper that argues Venus is crucial to understanding earth-mass and earth-like planets circling other stars.
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Tall flowers, dead shrubs, ephemeral lake: Death Valley has become a picture of climate whiplash

NBC News | April 20, 2024
Lynn Sweet, a UCR research ecologist, talks about the resilience of desert plant and animal species, and how they might survive increasingly severe bouts of drought and storms. 
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Climate anxiety and the kid question

Twin Cities PBS | April 20, 2024
Associate professor Jade Sasser shares her research on how concerns about the environment are affecting people’s decision to have children. 
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A one-shot vaccine for COVID, flu and future viruses? Researchers say it's coming

Salon | April 18, 2024
UCR microbiology professor Shou-wei Ding and virologist Rong Hai have pioneered a live, attenuated vaccine strategy that can target the part of a genome that all virus variants share.
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