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HDSI Welcomes New Partnership with Viasat

New partnership joins university's data science hub with leading communications firm collaborating on establishing educational and research connections as well as increased opportunities for students

Study Uses Supercomputers to Advance Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Models

A new study led by UC Riverside Researcher Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos provides seismologists with a new understanding of a complex set of faults that has the potential to impact the lives of millions of people in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Hearts and Stripes: A Tiny Fish Offers Clues to Regenerating Damaged Cardiac Tissue

Zebrafish, a pet shop staple, may hold the clue for how hearts can heal from damage.

Scientists Identify New Species of Damselfish

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Sydney, Australia have identified a previously unknown species of damselfish from Madagascar.

Culture Shapes How We Learn to Reason?

Psychology research with children in the U.S. and China suggests there isn’t a universal trajectory for how abstract thought develops – and that culture may play a role.

Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure

Inspired by ideas from the physics of phase transitions and polymer physics, UC San Diego researchers set out specifically to determine the organization of DNA inside the nucleus of a living cell. The findings of their study suggest that the phase state of the genomic DNA is “just right”—a gel poise