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A syringe injecting a vaccine into a ball with pins that represents the covid-19 virus

Scientists are using AI originally developed for producing deepfake videos to stop future pandemics

Generative adversarial networks are being used to predict the structure of antibodies that could neutralize a previously unknown virus

By Holly Ober | October 11, 2021 | Science / Technology
Artwork by Gloria Dimitrios

Still life in shades of gray

How Toni Morrison helped an economics professor turn grief into art

By Holly Ober | October 8, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Angel Rodriguez

Newsom appoints UCR Highlander to Student Aid Commission

Angel Rodriguez, an alumnus and current grad student, urges students to apply for Cal Grants

By Holly Ober | October 5, 2021 | Social Science / Education, Students
Fox Theater in downtown Riverside at night

UC Riverside supports equitable recovery of the Inland Empire with $900,000 CARES Act EDA grant

UCR will provide technical assistance to 1,000 small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

By Holly Ober | September 28, 2021 | Business
Trucks parked in front of a warehouse

UC Riverside receives $2 million to monitor air quality impacts of goods movement in Inland Southern California

The grant comes from the California Attorney General’s Office Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund

By Holly Ober | September 23, 2021 | Science / Technology
A satellite and lidar image of the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan

Modern activities follow the contours of ancient Teotihuacan

Lidar mapping study reveals vast landscape modifications that still influence construction and farming

By Holly Ober | September 20, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Watermelon leaves

Yeast and bacteria together biosynthesize plant hormones for weed control

Synthetic strigolactones could also improve nutrient uptake in crops

By Holly Ober | September 17, 2021 | Science / Technology
Google trends graph for anosmia from 2019 to Aug 2021

Data mining tools combat COVID-19 misinformation and identify symptoms

Computer scientists use Google Trends and a government dataset to track symptoms and sift through misinformation

By Holly Ober | August 19, 2021 | Science / Technology
A smear of light

Scalable quantum computing research supported by $2 million grant

Project aims to make quantum computers easier to produce and operable at room temperature

By Holly Ober | August 16, 2021 | Science / Technology
An IRS tax form

Study disrupts venture capitalist assumptions about tax benefits of corporations

Startups backed by venture capital pay more taxes when organized as corporations versus LLCs

By Holly Ober | August 11, 2021 | Business
A Washington, DC street at night

Street-based sex workers perform emotional labor to build customer loyalty

Study finds it is an ordinary service business and more like other types of sex work than previously documented

By Holly Ober | July 27, 2021 | Social Science / Education
The US Capitol building

Connecting Classrooms to Congress

New social studies curriculum aims to boost civic education in a polarized nation

By Holly Ober | July 27, 2021 | Social Science / Education
A woman holding a mug that says World's Best Boss

Leader effectiveness may depend on emotional expression

When they don’t express negative emotions, women are seen as more effective leaders than men

By Holly Ober | July 26, 2021 | Social Science / Education
An Eastern Cottontail rabbit

Why weren’t New World rabbits domesticated?

Archaeologists find the answer in rabbit social behavior

By Holly Ober | July 21, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Wiggly light streams against a dark background

Using light to control materials

Supercomputers and machine learning will help scientists optimize light-driven electron transfer

By Holly Ober | July 20, 2021 | Science / Technology
A soft robotic hand grips an orange with the UCR logo

Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements

“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano

By Holly Ober | July 16, 2021 | Science / Technology
Aspergillus niger fungus growing on a white onion

Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants

External application could reduce agricultural reliance on fungicides

By Holly Ober | July 14, 2021 | Science / Technology
Sun shining over UC Riverside campus in April, 2021

UC Riverside wins grant from Southern California Energy Innovation Network

A $450,000 grant lets UCR continue helping clean energy entrepreneurs advance their ideas

By Holly Ober | June 25, 2021 | Business, Science / Technology
Mahmood Shaheen and Nathaniel Ortiz sit with Scotty before a commencement ceremony

Chance meeting spawned a tech startup for these engineering students

Friends Mahmood Shaheen and Nathaniel Ortiz are taking recycling to the next level

By Holly Ober | June 25, 2021 | Students, Science / Technology
An image showing hands giving money to a brain inside a lightbulb, representing the idea of crowdfunding

Effective messaging for crowdfunding campaigns

Research shows which types of updates and comments keep donations flowing

By Holly Ober | June 24, 2021 | Business
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