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Over the past few years, biochemist John Jefferson Perry at the University of California, Riverside, has collaborated on a number of projects with Atomwise Inc., a company that uses artificial intelligence, or AI, for drug discovery. Now Perry and the company have formed a joint venture called Theia Biosciences. Perry’s...

A new robot developed at UC Riverside can navigate uneven surfaces with silicone legs

Fifty years ago, Gov. Ronald Reagan visited UCR, and the campus’s largest-ever student protest erupted

Just 25 industry-standard fast charging cycles can ruin a car’s batteries

UC Riverside School of Medicine to lead engagement project in eastern Coachella Valley

Domestication yielded bigger crops often at the expense of plant microbiomes

Excess electrons could help break the strong chemical bonds in products that contaminate water supplies

UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug delivery

Report calls for policymakers to enact zoning and other reforms

UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computers

Just like us, the humble sweat bee has a daily routine

The University of California, Riverside, has been selected to join a group of universities looking to advance educational opportunities for first-generation college students. On Monday, March 2, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, known as NASPA, announced UCR will join its 2020-21 First-gen Forward cohort, an honor that earned...

Coronavirus For fast access to experts, email news@ucr.edu John Barton, a ssistant professor of physics A computational biophysicist, he has extensive experience studying viral evolution and uses various methods to predict how different mutations affect viral replication. Contact: john.barton@ucr.edu Brandon Brown, professor and epidemiologist in the School of Medicine Brown...

Drugs previously in development for SARS could be effective for COVID-19

Groundbreaking film follows the college experiences of five Southern California students on the spectrum

UC Riverside study shows that without adequate sugar, a bumblebee queen’s fat body, which functions like a human liver, does not correctly produce enzymes required for healthy metabolism and detoxification from pesticides.

UC Riverside-led rat study finds an immune receptor in the hippocampus is responsible for the onset of the disease after brain injuries

UC Riverside scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history of Mars’ atmosphere — and whether life was once possible there.

Racially inflammatory speech by political elites can embolden members of the public to express their own prejudice

The UC Riverside-based startup will use the investment to develop next-generation prototypes