UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

Ice Melting Could Slow Vital Ocean Current - Which Could Slightly Slow Melting https://www.iflscience.com/ice-melting-could-slow-vital-ocean-current-which-could-slightly-slow-melting-76558

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Ice Melting Could Slow Vital Ocean Current - Which Could Slightly Slow Melting The Earth’s climate has dampening feedbacks as well as runaway tipping points, but they might be too small to save us.

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The fungus among us: California’s bats under siege https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/10/30/fungus-among-us-californias-bats-under-siege

The fungus among us: California’s bats under siege A sinister fungus is spreading through California’s bat populations, threatening their survival just as the spooky season takes flight.

TODAY is the last day to apply for the CNAS Undergraduate Student Scholarships!

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to fund your education and achieve your academic goals! Apply now for CNAS Scholarships at cnasscholarships.ucr.edu.

Physicist elected chair of international nuclear physics experiment’s council https://insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2024/10/30/physicist-elected-chair-international-nuclear-physics-experiments-council

Physicist elected chair of international nuclear physics experiment’s council Kenneth Barish’s two-year term begins in March 2025

Finding connections between science and music https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2024/10/28/finding-connections-between-science-and-music

Finding connections between science and music Scientists and musicians came together to talk about microscopic worms and perform chamber music at UC Riverside’s Culver Center of the Arts on Friday, Sept. 27. The “Earworm” event aimed to demonstrate the synergy between the two seemingly unconnected disciplines. Researcher Sophie Zaaijer, w...

A front row view of Highlander history https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2024/10/29/front-row-view-highlander-history

A front row view of Highlander history When Jarel “Jerry” Ervin drops names like Batchelor, Pierce, and Watkins he’s not talking about the buildings at UC Riverside. He’s recalling memories of people he interacted with during his early days on campus. The 96-year-old lifelong Riverside resident began working at the campus in 1949...

The Arctic is melting fast, but a slowing ocean current could help https://www.earth.com/news/the-arctic-is-melting-fast-but-a-slowing-ocean-current-could-help

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The Arctic is melting fast, but a slowing ocean current could help The Arctic heats up faster than anywhere else, but slowing ocean currents could surprisingly reduce temperatures by 2°C.

Missions to Venus take astrophysicist to DC https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2024/10/25/missions-venus-take-astrophysicist-dc

Missions to Venus take astrophysicist to DC UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane joined efforts to promote two missions to Venus by going to Capitol Hill to advocate for continued congressional funding.

UCR's first undergrad McNair Scholars complete summer research https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/10/29/ucrs-first-undergrad-mcnair-scholars-complete-summer-research

UCR's first undergrad McNair Scholars complete summer research Eighteen undergraduates who’ve set their sights on earning doctoral degrees recently completed summer research programs as part of UCR’s new McNair Scholars program.

Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming - a little https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/10/25/slowing-ocean-current-could-ease-arctic-warming-little

Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming - a little The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

The UC Riverside College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) welcomed and celebrated 33 new faculty members for the 2024 academic year at the annual New Faculty Reception on October 29.

Peter Atkinson, CNAS Interim Dean, welcomed the new faculty members and their families to the Alumni & Visitor Center for a special dinner, where they were joined by current CNAS faculty. New faculty members were also introduced to the CNAS community by their respective department chairs.

Read more about the reception: cnas.ucr.edu/news/2024/10/11/cnas-celebrates-new-faculty-members-2024-academic-year

Skin tone may affect how drugs work, including those designed to help people stop smoking. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-17/nicotine-patches-may-be-less-effective-in-black-people

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Skin Tone May Impact the Effectiveness of Ni****ne Patches Hi, it’s Anna in Virginia. I’m going to tell you about an unexpected way our bodies can influence a drug’s effectiveness, but first...

UCR awarded $1.5M for sustainable agriculture initiatives https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/10/25/ucr-awarded-15m-sustainable-agriculture-initiatives

UCR awarded $1.5M for sustainable agriculture initiatives Three interrelated projects have been funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture

Frontiers of Cosmology Lecture: Was There A Big Bang?
Presented by Prof. Brian Keating of UC San Diego

Recent discoveries have sparked a heated debate among astronomers and physicists about the origins and age of the universe. Some now question whether the Big Bang happened once, many times, or even at all. Using new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, they argue that the standard model of cosmology—suggesting a universe 13.8 billion years old—may not hold up, and alternative theories are emerging. These are not “fringe” theorists — some proponents include Nobel Prize winners! Suggestions include the possibility that the universe isn’t expanding as we thought or that it could be much older than previously believed. In this talk, I will explore the evidence for and against these claims, discussing how the next generation of Cosmic Microwave Background experiments, such as the Simons Array and Simons Observatory, will help us better understand the true origin and nature of the cosmos.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 5:30pm to 7pm
Watkins Hall 1000
5:30 PM: Reception
6:00 PM: Lecture

This event is free and open to the public. The local community, and middle and high school students, are strongly encouraged to attend.

Register & Learn More: https://events.ucr.edu/event/frontiers-of-cosmology-lecture-2631

Only 1 week left to apply for the CNAS Undergraduate Student Scholarships. Apply now at cnasscholarships.ucr.edu!

Have you applied yet? Apply now to the CNAS Undergraduate Student Scholarships at cnasscholarships.ucr.edu. You have until Oct 31! All CNAS undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for the various scholarship opportunities available.

UCR welcomes 74 new faculty members! https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2024/10/23/ucr-welcomes-74-new-faculty-members

UCR welcomes 74 new faculty members UC Riverside welcomed 74 new permanent faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year who come from a variety of disciplines and research interests.

Have a spook-tacular time at the R'STEM Resource Fair! October 30 from 11:30am-2pm. Connect with STEM student organizations, enter the raffle, and grab some boba and candy (while supplies last)!

Proudly sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers - SWE

Bourns College of Engineering at UC Riverside and UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

Growing the next generation of Forest Service scientists https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/delivering-mission/excel/growing-next-generation-forest-service-scientists

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Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/half-a-billion-year-old-marine-roomba-is-earliest-known-asymmetrical-animal

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Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history.

To celebrate Dark Matter Day, the UCR Department of Physics & Astronomy will host a frightfully fun night on October 29th, 2024! Join the event at the Department of Physics Reading Room from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

Learn how the Strauss Scholarship can support you to launch or enhance a student-led project that will benefit the community. Join the webinar or visit the webpage, https://www.straussfoundation.org/the-award, to learn more.

This $15,000 award is one of the largest undergrad scholarships available. Scholarship winners have gone on to win many prestigious awards like the Rhodes and Marshall and Soros, and attend grad school at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and others.

Webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DgaYj3oDQhCph-H2mYnHnw #/registration

Website:
https://www.straussfoundation.org

Carbon Dioxide May Have Squelched E.T.’s Evolution In The Milky Way https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2024/10/20/carbon-dioxide-may-have-squelched-ets-evolution-in-the-milky-way/

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UCR Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Carbon Dioxide May Have Squelched E.T.’s Evolution In The Milky Way Carbon dioxide’s role in warming early exoplanetary atmospheres is likely necessary to create a habitable zone. But it could be a problem for complex life.

New antimalarial treatment based on a marine sponge - Digital Journal https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/new-antimalarial-treatment-based-on-a-marine-sponge/article

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New antimalarial treatment based on a marine sponge A promising new antimalarial treatment is effective against both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant malaria parasites in laboratory and mouse studies.