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New UCR research shows that the search for life beyond Earth could benefit from a statistical approach that prioritizes patterns rather than searching for individual chemical or molecular traces.

International study used data from the James Webb Space Telescope

Amidst the many attention-grabbing headlines of 2026, there is a recent one that may have flown under the radar but shouldn’t have. On April 24, the White House dismissed the entire 22-person board that oversees the National Science Foundation. The NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. 

Study finds early-stage ectoderm cells are especially susceptible, raising questions about potential developmental risks

Experiments shed new light on the ways gravity influences biology.

Dark matter decays could be the missing ingredient explaining how giant black holes formed before the first stars

High in the forests of Hawai‘i, songbirds are stealing twigs and moss from one another’s nests. Researchers find this quiet canopy crime is surprisingly common and could threaten species already struggling to survive.

Findings point to SIDM as a promising candidate for explaining small-scale cosmic structure