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UC Riverside evolutionary biologist says increased cancer risk associated with height is due primarily to an increase in the number of body cells

A team of UCR-led scientists get best measure yet of why star formation stopped in galaxy clusters in the early universe

UC Riverside psychologist’s research provides strong evidence that infants’ motor skills directly impact the physical context of their everyday experiences

UC Riverside study uses gene-editing tool to disrupt serotonin receptor linked to egg production in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

UC Riverside-led study finds persons with any HPV type, more than one HPV type, or high-risk HPV are more likely to test HIV positive

Partnership provides opportunities for UCR medical students to train at a Riverside clinic focused on AIDS treatment

NSF-funded research represents a new approach to the field of 'crystal engineering'

UC Riverside-led study will concentrate on alcohol use disorders in Pacific Islander young adults

Novel agents 135H11 and 135H12 move research closer to drug development

UC Riverside-led study offers vivid picture of health consequences of life events and chronic strain among foreign-born Mexicans in farm working communities

Whether we like it or not, everyone accumulates fat. For women, it usually accumulates around the hips, resulting in a pear-shaped look. In men, fat tends to build up around the abdomen, creating an apple shape. As it turns out, it’s healthier to be a pear than an apple. A...

Physicist, whose contributions enabled the first observation of gravitational waves, is the university’s second Nobel Prize winner

UC Riverside researchers show that in parasitic worm infection both the host and the worm produce cannabis-like molecules

UC Riverside doctors share their thoughts on a growing medical crisis

A person’s general intelligence and ability to understand language are reliant on the brain’s ability to maintain precise information acquired over a short period of time. To understand how these types of natural vision and cognitive functions are achieved in both healthy populations and individuals at high risk for psychosis...

UC Riverside Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program receives 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine

Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery

Focusing on hookworms, UC Riverside mouse study identifies role infection-fighting cells play in inflamed and damaged tissue

UC Riverside-led study in Southern California finds stigma, risk perceptions, and cost among major factors contributing to adults’ willingness to get HIV tested

To encourage subjects to participate in clinical and behavioral HIV studies, researchers often offer incentives such as cash or gift cards. But such remuneration could distort the sampling and end up inadvertently hurting the research findings. Lured by the incentives, participants could easily conceal information about themselves to qualify. Or...