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UC Riverside admitted the most California first-year students for fall 2024 of any University of California campus, according to numbers released by the UC system on July 31.
A couple weeks back, the 2024 presidential race was upended by the decision of President Joe Biden not to seek reelection. Since, political pundits have scrambled to assess the new Harris-Trump dynamic.
Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen
California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate change as the amount of water available for crops declines, according to a collaborative report by University of California faculty from four campuses. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the...
New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as America’s breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming region that, in some parts, relies almost entirely on groundwater for irrigation.
A whirlwind week in which Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 presidential race and Kamala Harris became the Democrats' heir apparent finds us with little time to assess the new election paradigm. This week, we discussed the dynamics with two UCR experts. First, we speak with Ugo Antonio Troiano...
Only half of individuals with social anxiety ever seek treatment, says author Thomas E. Brown
Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays
UC Riverside-led mouse study finds primary site of obesity’s effects on reproductive function is the brain
Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.
A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of “forever chemical" water pollutants, offering promise for low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water.
New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information
Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.
Recent elections in France and the United Kingdom held some surprises and — political scientists say — some lessons for the political parties in the U.S. UK voters ousted the Conservative party in favor of center-left Labour, and French voters, apparently spooked by their initial steps toward the right, voted...
Spring is an artist, mother, and wife. She’s trying to be everything, but a family vacation unravels and confirms that it’s a difficult to juggle all the responsibilities successfully. “Why Dig When You Can Pluck,” is a fictional story that mirrors the life of Cambria Matlow, the film’s writer, director...
UC Riverside professor Shaolei Ren remotely shared his research findings about the the environmental consequences of increasing AI processing demands to a United Nations committee meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
The UCR Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed Wally Bakare as its new chair and two new ex-officio voting members, Jeff Pack and Josefina Canchola, who began their terms July 1.
A UC Riverside paper has opened the door to understanding more about early life on Earth, and to framing the search for life beyond this planet.
Findings come from a new research study coauthored by UCR’s Brandon Andrew Robinson.