Miguel Zavala, an associate professor of teaching at UC Riverside, talks about how academic teachings about the farmworkers movement may shift following allegations against labor rights icon Cesar Chavez.
UC Riverside microbiologist Michael Allen set gophers loose on a patch of land destroyed after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, hoping they would kick up bacteria and fungi. It worked, and the benefits to the land can still be seen more than four decades later.
Sydney Glassman, a microbial ecologist at UCR, uncovers genetic secrets that allow some fungi to thrive in wildfire-ravaged areas when everything else dies off. These secrets could help burned areas recover.
Enrollment was flat this year at most University of California campuses, some of which lack the physical capacity to add students. Others wanted to increase enrollment but missed their targets. UC Riverside, however, was the exception.
“This is not a rainforest. It’s a shrubland like Southern California’s chaparral. But the fact that it’s drawing down CO2, and doing it consistently, is something positive we can measure and verify from space,” King-Fai Li, study co-author and atmospheric physicist at the University of California, Riverside.
About 15% of California households lack access to high-speed internet, according to a report from UC Riverside. Researchers pointed to affordability as one of the biggest barriers to closing the persistent digital divide. Edward Helderop, associate director at UCR’s Center for Geospatial Sciences and report author, comments on the study.
University of California, Riverside plant ecologist Loralee Larios notes she recently observed a bloom she hadn’t expected until mid-March. She said the desert is already experiencing displays of sand verbena and evening primrose, and she predicted California poppies in Antelope Valley soon.
Global warming could eventually bring about a new ice age on Earth, aided by organic carbon buried in the deep ocean, according to a 2025 study whose lead author was UCR geologist Andy Ridgwell.
To feel true happiness, UCR's Sonja Lyubomirsky says people need to build a loving connection with another person. That jumpstarts a cycle of mutual love: you have to show more to get more.
Researchers including UC Riverside environmental scientist Ying-Hsuan Lin found that aged vape aerosols contain fine particles bearing metals and highly reactive compounds that have the potential to damage lung tissues.
Scientists including UCR entomologist Kerry Mauck have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies, offering a sustainable solution to a major environmental problem.
University of California, Riverside mycologist Sydney Glassman and colleagues have published a study describing how inconspicuous fungi hidden in soil evolved to protect themselves from heat and how they acquired the genes that allow them to munch on charcoal.
A parasite that lives inside as many as 1 in 3 people worldwide may be much harder to treat than once believed, according to new research led by Emma Wilson, a professor of biomedical sciences at UC Riverside.
UCR researchers find that only 6% of drug trials in the US between 2017 and 2023 reflected the racial and ethnic diversity of the country, raising concerns about who modern treatments are designed for.
UCR bioengineers, professor Xiaoping Hu and doctoral student Amin Ghaffari pinpointed a little-known part of the brain crucial to maintaining strength and vitality as we age.