UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

09/03/2026

Venus might have once had a moon. But the hellish planet could have destroyed it https://www.zmescience.com/space/venus-might-have-once-had-a-moon-but-the-hellish-planet-could-have-destroyed-it/

via ZME Science

A new model suggests Venus could have swallowed a lost moon billions of years ago.

09/03/2026

The Wild History of UCR’s Infamous Burros https://www.ucr.edu/magazine/presents/2026/wild-history-ucr-infamous-burros

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They weigh 500 pounds, love manicured lawns, and spark fierce local debate. The Inland Empire’s wild burros are beloved icons to some and public safety hazards to others. Yet surprisingly little is known about them. Now, UC Riverside ecologists are launching a study using DNA analysis and wildlife...

09/03/2026

Fresh concerns over chemical found in flavoured v**e liquid https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/va**ng-pregnant-women-vanillin-embryo-risk-b3032293.html

via The Independent

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Researchers have highlighted how pregnant women va**ng could potentially harm their baby

09/03/2026

How to Get Rid of Silverfish—and Prevent Future Infestation https://cnas.ucr.edu/media/2024/07/04/how-get-rid-silverfish-and-prevent-future-infestation

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09/03/2026

New and incoming CNAS students! Bring your families to the CNAS New Family Welcome on September 20th, and join us for the CNAS New Student Welcome on September 22nd!

CNAS New Family Welcome
Sunday, September 20, 2026
12 pm - 1:30 pm at HUB 302

CNAS New Student Majors Welcome Sessions
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
(All session locations and times will vary by major and will be listed on our CNAS Welcome Week page)

CNAS New Student Welcome
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
11:30 AM - 1 PM at the Physics Courtyard

Register now and learn more at cnas.ucr.edu/welcome-week

09/03/2026

BCOE Seminar - Professor Sakhrat Khizroev | Enabling Wireless Brain-Machine Interface With Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles and Understanding the Brain

Friday, September 11, 2026 11am to 12pm.

RSVP to attend: https://events.ucr.edu/event/bcoe-seminar-professor-sakhrat-khizroev

via Bourns College of Engineering at UC Riverside

09/01/2026

Tiny Ants Accidentally Reached a California Island in the 1960s. Their Infestations Later Spread Across More Than 1,000 Acres https://www.edhat.com/california/news/argentine-ants-california-island-invasion-history/

via Edhat Santa Barbara

Argentine ants, which came to California over a century ago, have established super-colonies. The state is now trying to get rid of them.

09/01/2026

Computational Chemistry Seminar Series from NYU Shanghai | Quantum Dynamics of Materials in External Fields: Software and Hardware Developments. September 04, 2026.

Speaker Bryan M. Wong, University of California, Riverside. Hosted via Zoom.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/338vwacz

08/31/2026

Highlanders in the Vines: Regional Reception in Temecula. This special event will include remarks from College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences faculty on UCR research that is helping to protect and other from disease. Oct 11 | RSVP https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/temecula2026