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Scientists unveil fire-safe fuel 

UC Riverside chemical engineers have designed a fuel that ignites only with the application of electric current. Since it doesn’t react to flames and cannot start accidental fires during storage or transport, it is a “safe” liquid fuel.

By Jules Bernstein | September 28, 2023 | Science / Technology
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U.S. News 2023 college rankings are out, and UCR surges

Once again, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the No. 2 university in the nation for social mobility. UCR also climbed 13 spots in the overall rankings, to No. 76 among the top 435 private and public universities. This is the second consecutive year that UCR has...

By J.D. Warren | September 17, 2023 | University
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Microchip manufacturing fellowship’s decade of success

To some Inland Empire undergraduates, getting paid to learn microchip manufacturing, resume writing, and professional networking sounds like a dream. This year, UC Riverside is celebrating a decade of making this dream a reality.

By Jules Bernstein | August 17, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Virtual reality headsets are vulnerable to hackers

Headset hardware and virtual keyboard interfaces that immerse us into expanding worlds of virtual reality also create new opportunities for hackers, UCR computer scientists find studies to be presented at a national cyber security conference.

By David Danelski | August 8, 2023 | Business, Science / Technology
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Google & ChatGPT have mixed results in medical info queries

A study led by University of California, Riverside, computer scientists found that queries for medical information on ChatGPT produced more objective information than Google, but the ChatGPT results can be outdated and lack the sources of its information.

By David Danelski | July 28, 2023 | Business, Science / Technology, Social Science / Education
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Weapons of mass destruction research gets $1 million grant

The UCR Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or BCOE, has received $1 million in federal funding that will help develop science to neutralize some of the world's greatest weapons threats. The research will help gain new perspectives on key materials’ reaction under extreme stress and lead to enhanced...

By UCR News | July 27, 2023 | Science / Technology
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AI creates new environmental injustices, but there’s a fix

AI is creating inequitable environmental consequences in the form of water consumption to keep servers cool and air pollution from power plants that supply the electricity. But the tech companies could distribute their processing loads to avoid environmental injustices, UCR study finds.

By David Danelski | July 12, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Q&A: What does the end of affirmative action mean for UCR?

Emily D. Engelschall, associate vice chancellor of enrollment services, offers insight.

By UCR News | July 5, 2023 | University
AI

Artificial Intelligence to reshape deep science learning

Artificial Intelligence, beyond the hype and hysteria in headlines today, plays a growing role in daily life and business – with uses ranging from predictive text to Netflix recommendations to the detection of bank fraud. Much of that progress is thanks to researchers on the cutting edge of complex scientific...

By UCR News | June 29, 2023 | Science / Technology
Forever chemical destruction process concept

Process turns harmful pollutants into harmless substances

UCR scientist discover chemical reaction pathways that destroy certain toxic water pollutants and render them into harmless substances.

By David Danelski | June 13, 2023 | Science / Technology
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The best drug combos to prevent COVID recurrence

A groundbreaking machine-learning study has unmasked the best drug combinations to prevent COVID-19 from coming back after an initial infection. It turns out these combos are not the same for every patient.

By Jules Bernstein | June 13, 2023 | Science / Technology
cancer treatment

Previously unknown material could revolutionize cancer treatment

A new material, created at the little-explored intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, could not only enable more powerful solar panels, but it could also usher in the next generation of cancer treatments.

By Jules Bernstein | June 12, 2023 | Science / Technology
Yujie Men and Bosen Jin

Biological cleanup discovered for certain “forever chemicals”

University of California, Riverside, chemical and environmental engineering scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil that break down a class of stubborn “forever chemicals,” giving hope for low-cost biological cleanup of industrial pollutants. These bacteria destroy a subgroup of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that have...

By David Danelski | May 31, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Breaking the heat barrier of computer innovation

As our computers and other electronic devices become faster and more powerful, they are coming closer to an undeniable physical limitation: heat generated by the electrons that carry information as they move through semiconductors. “Making heat is a fundamental limit that will prevent the further development of electronic devices. So...

By David Danelski | May 9, 2023 | Science / Technology
Google data center

AI programs consume large volumes of scarce water

UCR study the first time estimates the huge water footprint from running artificial intelligence queries that rely on the cloud computations done in racks of servers that must be kept cool in warehouse-sized data processing centers.

By David Danelski | April 28, 2023 | Science / Technology
Quantum electrons

UCR team creates “quantum composites” for various electrical and optical innovations

UCR team has shown in the laboratory the unique and practical function of newly created materials, which they called quantum composites, that may advance electrical, optical, and computer technologies.

By David Danelski | April 18, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Researchers warn of tick-borne disease babesiosis

UC Riverside and Yale University team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 13, 2023 | Science / Technology, Health
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UCR environmental engineers to referee California’s big rig truck emission regulation

They won’t be wearing vivid black and white striped shirts, but they could. University of California, Riverside, environmental engineers will soon serve as referees in California’s drive for big rig trucks to meet the state’s tailpipe emission standards. The referee program will provide testing services for vehicles potentially operating with...

By David Danelski | March 15, 2023 | Science / Technology, University
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Is ChatGPT a threat to education?

UC Riverside experts share thoughts on the AI-powered language model that understands and responds to natural language

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 24, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Turning plastic waste into a valuable soil additive

University of California, Riverside, scientists have moved a step closer to finding a use for the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste produced every year that often winds up clogging streams and rivers and polluting our oceans. In a recent study, Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz, a UCR assistant professor...

By David Danelski | January 5, 2023 | Science / Technology
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