The Earth and Planetary Sciences Department's James Gomez and Robert Allen authored a study that found more cooling from planting in warm, wet regions, where trees grow year-round.
UCR School of Medicine psychiatrists say worksite raids and arrests during federal immigration enforcement operations are causing a public health emergency for millions of kids.
U.S. and foreign-born children are experiencing a mental health crisis and are at risk of "profound emotional harm" due to current immigration polices that include widespread detainments, workplace raids and large-scale deportations, according researchers at UCR's School of Medicine.
This story cites a recent study by researchers at UCR who found that homes built in subsiding regions lost 2.4 percent to 5.8 percent of value compared to homes on more stable ground.
David Lo, a UCR professor who studies air pollution, explains that smoke from wildfires contains fine particulate matter, which can pose serious health risks.
One indicator of a possible tarantula sighting is a Tarantula hawk wasp buzzing around. According to UCR Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist Doug Yanega, one of these wasps is much easier to spot than a famously shy tarantula.
Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study led by UCR climatology professor Bob Allen has found.
Adam Jozwiak, a UCR biochemist, led a study showing tomatoes growing on the Galápagos Islands appear to be going back in time by producing the same toxins their ancestors did millions of years ago.
A new study led by molecular biochemist Adam Jozwiak at UCR compares tomatoes from eastern and western islands of the Galápagos — that famous island chain that inspired Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory nearly 200 years ago. They found the tomatoes on the western islands are creating natural pesticide alkaloid molecules similar to eggplant relatives from millions of years ago, seemingly reversing evolution.
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane explains how the DAVINCI mission to Venus is imperiled by the budget cuts proposed for NASA, and what knowledge will be lost if the mission is cancelled. Hint: there's a lot about Earth's future we may not be able to predict without more info on our twin planet.
A study by UCR’s Boerge Hemmerling and Stephen Kane confirmed the dipole moment of aluminum monochloride, an elusive but important molecule found in ancient galaxies.
If you’re a US researcher, now is the time to establish a plan B, says UCR’s Brandon Brown. The scale of funding cuts in the United States means that countless scientists will lose their jobs. It would be naive not to start thinking about alternative career paths.
UCR's Adam Jozwiak leads a team of researchers who argue that despite how controversial it might sound, tomatoes in the Galápagos actually seem to be evolving backwards, not forwards.
UC Riverside professor Kevin Esterling, creator of Prytaneum, talks about an AI-powered webinar platform built to foster inclusive, deliberative public discourse. Inspired by ancient democratic principles, Prytaneum enables real-time audience participation and AI synthesis of diverse viewpoints—reshaping how civic engagement happens online.
But new research, led by UCR's Juan Pablo Giraldo, shows that once nanoparticles -- which are everywhere -- enter a plant cell, they can change in unexpected ways and interfere with the plant’s ability to photosynthesize.