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.

As AI-generated fake videos become more problematic, UC Riverside computer scientists developed a tool that moves beyond simply identifying whether a video is fake. It also determines which AI system created it.

As the theater faculty at fictional Riverbottom College brainstorm ways to shore up their department’s faltering budget, some interesting proposals emerge. These include issuing a departmental meme coin, creating a faculty boudoir calendar, and selling blood plasma. “You get $85 for plasma if you’re over 175 pounds,” says Burt (...

Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors

A $2.1 million grant will help a UCR synthetic biologist understand how cells stay stable despite stress.

A UC Riverside discovery makes it possible to destroy perchlorate pollution after it has been captured on ion-exchange resin beads, which could reduce the hazardous waste generated during drinking water treatment and allow for the beads to be reused.

Study shows how orthonairoviruses evade immunity and pose human health risks

A UC Riverside public health expert reflects on contracting the illness in 2018.

More than four years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there have been several developments in Ukraine's favor. President Trump, who has vacilated on his support of Ukraine, said he would sell Patriot missile technology to Ukraine. Ukraine has started an effective strategy of targeting fuel tankers Russia relies on to supply...

A study by UCR public policy scholars suggests locally tailored infant health strategies to increase breastfeeding rates may be more effective than a one-size-fits-all national effort.

A slowing Atlantic Ocean current will intensify powerful storms in California while reducing snowfall over Greenland.

Clinicians may be missing critical signs of breathing discomfort or distress, especially in ventilated patients

In a black-box theater with dark walls, bright lights, and an empty stage, student actors relied solely on their voices and expressions to bring a series of 10-minute plays to life at UC Riverside's 19th Playworks event. Covering topics ranging from the impacts of ICE and AI to experiences with...

Research examines air quality and respiratory health among children

A UCR engineer won a $1.6 million federal grant to improve scientists' ability to interpret brain activity and advance studies of neurological disorders such as epilepsy.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 this week that states may continue counting mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward, the decision resolved a dispute over the meaning of federal election law. It also renewed debate over a different question: How can election officials maintain...

For more than 30 years, there have been episodic, gloomy reports about the fate of social security. And politicians have broached this “third rail” of the American political landscape with great trepidation. Recent reports are sounding the alarms again, with Social Security trustees saying that, by 2032, 30% of Americans...

A new exhibition at a Mississippi arts and cultural center explores the work of UC Riverside professor John Jennings in centering Black characters in graphic novels. “John Jennings: Build Your World,” an immersive display of four of Jennings’ projects, opened June 20 at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, or...