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13 hrs ago | New Scientist

Fossils of dancing shrimp show earliest group behaviour

The fossilised chains of up to 20 crustaceans linked head-to-toe is the earliest record of any collective animal behaviour The conga was the world's first dance, it seems.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Press-Enterprise

Clinic donates $1 million for the new UC Riverside program.

The Riverside Medical Clinic has donated $1 million for the planned UC Riverside medical school, officials announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Riverside, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro, Boulevard, CA

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Physics Org

Vitamin D a key player in overall health of several body organs, says UC Riverside biochemist

Essential for life in higher animals, vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Medicine, Cancer, Health

Press-Enterprise

Trail of remaining suspects in UCR-neighborhood robbery goes cold, police say

Two months after an intruder was shot to death in a botched home-invasion robbery near UC Riverside, two suspects remain at large, the case has gone cold and the victims won't speak to police, a Riverside ...

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Related Topix: Riverside, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside County, CA

Today's Chemist At Work

A Novel Family of Phosphole-Thiophene Oligomers for Optoelectronic Applications

UCR-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521-0403 Received July 8, 2008 Abstract: A 2-terthienylphospholide can be ...

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Press-Enterprise

Two rescued from burning home in Riverside

A Samaritan pulled a man from his burning home Tuesday morning near UC Riverside and was trying to reach the man's trapped wife when firefighters arrived.

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Related Topix: Riverside, CA, Fire

Tue Oct 07, 2008

BioSpace

University of California, Riverside Researchers Propose Minocycline...

A UC Riverside-led team of biomedical scientists has found that a readily available drug called minocycline, used widely to treat acne and skin infections, can be used to treat Fragile X syndrome, the most ...

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Related Topix: Minocin, Minocycline (generic), Medicine, Medication, Acne Vulgaris, Health

Mon Oct 06, 2008

WebWire

Asian Americans could play key role in presidential race, study shows

Among Asian American voters, many are supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama, but another sizable portion remains undecided - a development that could set the stage for Asian Americans to play a pivotal ...

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Related Topix: Asian-American, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Rutgers University, UC Berkeley

KPVI-TV Pocatello

Some UI employees fear hurdles in prez search

Some University of Idaho employees fear the $270,000 first-year salary for the northern Idaho school's next president is too modest to attract a candidate willing to stay for an extended period.

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Related Topix: University of Idaho, Washington State University, Boise, ID

The London News.Net

Honeybees decode the waggle dance by applying simple maths

London, Oct 6 : Honeybees do a waggle dance to guide other hive-mates towards nectar-rich flowers, and scientists have now revealed that the bees in the hive actually apply maths to deduce the direction, ...

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Ithaca, NY

Sun Oct 05, 2008

The Press-Enterprise

Laptop device catches notice of seismologists in hunt for earthquake data

It's possible you are reading this story on an earthquake sensor. Maybe you don't even know it.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro

Desert Sun

California Indian Conference held in Palm Desert today

Representatives from Indian tribes throughout California will come together today and Saturday at the UC Riverside satellite campus in Palm Desert to address issues surrounding Native American health, ...

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Related Topix: Palm Desert, CA, Riverside Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Indio, CA

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Atlantic Monthly

By Andrew Sullivan

The idiotic Prosperity Gospel played a part in the mortgage mess: Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants a ' and hence, victims a ' of the current ...

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

Medical News Today

Minocycline As A Promising Drug For Patients With Fragile X Syndrome Proposed By UCR Researchers

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Autism ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Genetics Article Date: 04 Oct 2008 - 4:00 PDT A UC Riverside-led team of biomedical scientists has found that a ...

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Related Topix: Minocin, Minocycline (generic), Medicine, Medication, Autism, Health, Biochemistry, Biology, Science, Acne Vulgaris

Press-Enterprise

Young Inland voters eager to cast their ballots

At 18, Travis Robinson is looking forward to voting in his first presidential election -- even if he can't yet decide which ticket to support.

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Related Topix: Riverside Metro, San Bernardino, CA, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Long Beach, US News

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Time

Did God Want You to Get That Mortgage?

Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants - and hence, victims - of the current financial crisis? That's what a scholar of the fast-growing brand of ...

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, University of Rochester

EurekAlert!

How to build crops that can beat aluminum's toxic effects

Researchers may have found the key to engineering plants capable of thriving in environments laden with toxic aluminum, according to a report published online on October 2nd in Current Biology , a Cell Press ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro

Environmental News Network

Plant Tweak Could Let Toxic Soil Feed Millions

Thanks to a genetic breakthrough, a large portion of Earth's now-inhospitable soil could be used to grow crops -- potentially alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's rapidly growing ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

The Californian

MURRIETA: Party politics in nonpartisan race?

When City Council candidate Paul Clay announced his run for a four-year term as a Murrieta decision-maker, he said it was primarily to extend the reach of his party, the Democrats, despite the race being ...

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Related Topix: Murrieta, CA, US News, Cal State San Marcos

Thu Oct 02, 2008

EurekAlert!

UC Riverside biochemists devise method for bypassing aluminum toxicity effects in plants

Aluminum toxicity, a global agricultural problem, halts root growth in plants, severely limiting agricultural productivity for more than half of the world's arable land.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Biology, Cornell University

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