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UC Riverside CNAS

@UCRCNAS

The official Twitter feed of @UCRiverside's College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). Join the conversation #ucrscience ✍️👩‍🎓👨‍🎓📚

 Riverside, CA
cnas.ucr.edu
Joined November 2014
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SCIENCE IS OUR GAME! 🏀💫 Join us Nov. 7 for the UCR Men's Homecoming Basketball game. The first 100 CNAS students & alumni get a limited-edition rally towel! Doors open: 3:30pm (Game starts: 4:30pm). Tickets: highlandertickets.com/ticket… #UCRscience #UCR #UCRHomecoming #UCRAlumni
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UCR Science News@UCR_ScienceNewsNov 6
Frontiers of #Cosmology #Lecture @UCRiverside takes place >>> today <<<, 11/6/26. Dr. Richard Ellis, Professor of #Astrophysics at University College London & recipient of the 2023 Gruber Prize in Cosmology, is the #speaker. events.ucr.edu/event/frontie… @UCRCNAS #physics #astronomy
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Natural History Museum-Led Study Finds More Than 60,000 Insect Species in CA - MyNewsLA.com mynewsla.com/riverside/2026/… via @MyNewsLA #UCRscience #entomology #insects #UCR #UCRiverside
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Tijuana River Wastewater Chemicals Are Now Detected in San Diego’s Air yahoo.com/news/science/artic… @YahooNews #UCRscience #SanDiego #chemicals #water #UCR #UCRiverside
Tijuana River wastewater in San Diego, California.

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California has way more bugs than we thought popsci.com/environment/bugs-… via @PopSci #UCRscience #bugs #entomology #California #UCR #UCRiverside
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Evolution may work very differently than scientists thought earth.com/science/evolution-… via @earthdotcom #UCRscience #evolution #lizards #UCR #UCRiverside
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Talbot Research Group@Talbot_Lab_UCRNov 4
Dr. Song's article "Susceptibility of human neural stem cells to SARS-CoV-2: Entry mechanisms and glycocalyx influence" is available in PLOS ONE. The work shows the potential infectability of ectodermal derivatives. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @PLOSONE @UCRiverside @UCRCNAS
Susceptibility of human neural stem cells to SARS-CoV-2: Entry mechanisms and glycocalyx influence

Susceptibility of human neural stem cells to SARS-CoV-2: Entry mechanisms and glycocalyx influence

Previous work demonstrated that ectodermal cells exhibit greater susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 than endodermal and mesodermal cells, raising concerns about potential vulnerability of the developing...

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The 2026-2027 CUSP Mentor and Scholar applications are now open! Apply at cusp.ucr.edu The application deadline is January 5, 2027. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions. #UCRscience #CUSP #STEM #UCR #UCRiverside
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Join us for Science Day at UCR Homecoming on Nov 7th! Come for a fun day of activities, workshops, demos, games, & connection. This event is free & open to the public w/ registration! Register now cnas.ucr.edu/homecoming #UCRscience #Homecoming #ScienceDay #UCR #UCRiverside
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ALT Playing the Cylinder Ring Toss game.

CNAS Science Day at UC Riverside on Saturday, November 7, from 9am to 4pm.

ALT CNAS Science Day at UC Riverside on Saturday, November 7, from 9am to 4pm.

Attendee looking at examples on the Physics table.

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Scientists find plastic pollution in Sierra Nevada snowfall, even far from people sacbee.com/news/california/a… via @sacbee_news #UCRscience #Microplastics #SierraNevada #UCR #UCRiverside
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Frontiers of #Cosmology Lecture | Let There Be Light: The Observational Quest for the First Galaxies. Presented by Richard Ellis, Prof of #Astrophysics, University College London. Nov 6, 2026 | 5pm-8pm | University Theatre events.ucr.edu/event/frontie… #UCRscience #UCR #UCRiverside
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Tijuana River waste is polluting San Diego’s air news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/1… #UCRscience #SanDiego #pollution #UCR #UCRiverside
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Body size, not competition, may kickstart evolution news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/1… #UCRscience #evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #UCR #UCRiverside
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Desert Agriculture Combines Generations of Experience With New Technology | Palm Springs Life palmspringslife.com/vision/d… via @palmspringslife #UCRscience #agriculture #CoachellaValley #UCR #UCRiverside
Drone spraying over a field of crops.

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🎃 We had a fun #Halloween themed lab meeting at @KenchanmaneLab @UCRCNAS last week! Dirt & 🪱 cake from @ParisBaguetteUS 🌽 Farmer + 🌽 Worm 👻 @nandhakumarss94 leading our #TrickOrTruth Everyone else apparently chose “no costume” as our experimental 'control' condition 😂
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Scientists find microplastics falling with snow in the Sierra Nevada earth.com/climate/scientists… via @earthdotcom #UCRscience #microplastics #SierraNevada #snow #UCR #UCRiverside
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How Often Do ‘Zombie’ Stars Eat Their Own Planets? A Spooky Green Star Provides a Clue. nationalgeographic.com/scien… via @NatGeo #UCRscience #universe #planets #UCR #UCRiverside
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Fresh as the microplastic-laden Sierra snow: Storms can deliver pollution to even remote locations phys.org/news/2026-10-fresh-… via @physorg_com #UCRscience #Microplastics #SierraNevada #UCR #UCRiverside
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Fresh as the microplastic-laden Sierra snow news.ucr.edu/index%2Ephp/art… #UCRscience #SierraNevada #microplastics #UCR #UCRiverside
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Physicist highlights UCR’s role in California’s quantum ecosystem insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/202… #UCRscience #physics #QuantumEcosystem #UCR #UCRiverside
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