A soot-caked helmet and grimy turnout gear have long been symbols of grit and experience among American firefighters. Yet exposure to contaminated equipment can increase the risk of cancer. Now, attitudes toward protective wear and other safety measures may be shifting in California firehouses.

When cities, counties, or states provide corporations with big tax breaks to lure in factories, corporate headquarters, and other facilities, the economic benefits include more innovation outside the gates of the businesses lured into communities.

Scientists have finally observed a fleeting chemical reaction that forms the basis of urban smog. The insight could help improve air quality forecasting models.

Five-year award will investigate how the tiny cellular structure shapes protein production, energy use, and brain development

When social studies students delve into issues that affect their communities and discuss them in class, they are more likely to consider other people's points of view and are generally more interested in voting and in other ways to participate in civic life. Those are among the findings of a...

Finding could open new path toward treatments for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

A new paper from researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Pitzer College asserts that older immigrants are especially likely to describe pain, anxiety, depression, and distress using culturally embedded metaphors and idioms that are easily lost in translation.

New UC Riverside research shows a link between dollar store food quality and higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.

Don’t assume an uptick in ant activity after setting out pesticide traps means the treatment failed. New UC Riverside research shows their behavior changes as chemicals make their way through a colony.

An expansive multimedia exhibition showcasing five decades of East Los Angeles music history is still on view at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, in downtown Los Angeles, but closes after Aug. 23.

Being an elite athlete, at least as a mouse, does not shorten lifespan or limit how many children you can have.

UC Riverside-led study suggests possible link between vaping and difficulty conceiving in women

Two UC Riverside computer scientists are joining federally funded projects that use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. Their work will focus on making quantum computing faster and more reliable and building smarter networks for sharing scientific data and research resources.

Hundreds of Venus-like planets could soon help determine why some worlds become sweltering greenhouse hellscapes, but to fully understand that, scientists first need to know how fast those planets are spinning.

UCR Health’s Dr. Brenda Ross-Shelton discusses the benefits of breastfeeding, challenges parents face, and the importance of support

A study co-authored by UCR business professor Jean Helwege found that issuance of Islamic bonds attracted billions of dollars in new investment to Malaysia without undermining the country's market for conventional corporate bonds.

UC Riverside history professor Steven Hackel has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand the Early California Population Project (ECPP).

NIH funds UCR-led research to develop new treatments for malaria and babesiosis

UC Riverside admitted 74,340 undergraduate students for fall 2026, breaking its previous record once again. The admission numbers, released Wednesday, July 29, exceeded last year’s record of 71,069. The campus led the UC system in total admissions and was at or near the top in several categories. UCR admitted the...

UCR scientists helped find a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree’s most important traits long before it flowers.