UCR graduate student Yu-Chi Lee led a team that found a slowing ocean current could keep Arctic temperatures 2° C (3.6° F) cooler than they would otherwise likely be in 2100. That sounds encouraging – until you realize that under their calculations the region warms by a shocking 8° C (14.4° F) instead of a catastrophic 10° C (18° F).
Joseph Kahne, with UCR's School of Education, authored a study showing that issues involving race and policies related to LGBTQ+ students’ rights have cost American schools more than $3 billion in the 2023-24 academic year.
To address the high demand for skilled workers in the rapidly growing cannabis industry, UCR Palm Desert has launched a new program. Program Director Agam Patel speaks with the station about the program.
Chances are you’re inhaling the toxic chemicals used to make plastics more flexible, according to a new study by led by David Volz, UC Riverside professor of environmental toxicology.
Ellie E. Armstrong, assistant professor of evolutionary genomics at UCR, is a co-author of a new study in which the genomes of 138 tigers rescued from private ownership were sequenced, including two once owned by Joe Exotic, the main subject of “Tiger King.”
The Financial Times chats with Douglas McCulloh, UCR ARTS interim director, regarding the mega exhibition Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World.
ABC7 interviews UCR Professor of Agricultural and Urban Water Management Amir Verdi about the devastating impacts that prolonged heat waves can have on plants.
Roopa Viraraghavan at the UCR School of Medicine says she’s already seeing patients with complaints of respiratory and eye irritation, along with fatigue, headaches and reduced lung functions.
Scientists previously believed that sperm contribute only their genome during fertilization, but a new study led by UCR biomedical scientist Changcheng Zhou shows a connection between what fathers eat and daughters' health.
UCR's Jade Sasser describes the explosion that erupted in her research methods seminar last year when she started a discussion about climate change and the future.
William Grover, associate professor of bioengineering, led the development of an air-powered sensor that issues a wind-powered warning when a critical medical device fails.
Xóchitl Chávez, assistant professor in the Department of Music, interviewed by Palabra, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' multimedia news site.
Extended heatwaves have left forests in California and Canada tinder-dry, setting the stage for more intense and fast-moving fires. According to James Gomez, a PhD student studying wildfires at UCR, warmer air draws more water from vegetation, leaving it drier and more flammable. When lightning strikes, there is more fuel for it to burn.