Ann Cheney, an associate professor in UCR's School of Medicine, discusses the public health crisis at the Salton Sea on the podcast "Science, Quickly."
UCR's School of Medicine is participating in the California Medicine Scholars Program, which targets underrepresented community college students to work in California’s rural and underserved communities.
Mary Lu Arpaia, a professor of extension in subtropical horticulture, led a team that has developed a new variety of avocado that is set for release in June 2023.
David Brady, a professor in the School of Public Policy, weighs in on his research reporting that 500 deaths per day in the country are related to poverty as part of an article about the relaunched Poor People's Campaign.
Andrew C. Sanders, UCR’s Herbarium curator and museum scientist, said the Inland Empire's jacaranda trees have probably benefited from extra rainfall this past year.
Xinping Cui, UCR statistics professor and Jiayu Liao UCR associate professor of bioengineering co-authored a study using real-world data that found the best drug combinations to prevent COVID recurrence. It turns out, it's not a one-size-fits-all approach that works best.
Timothy Lyons, UCR distinguished professor of biogeochemistry, marvels that the evolution of Earth’s rotation is linked to its atmospheric composition.
Nolux, a team of researchers from the UCR and the University of Delaware, has developed a method of artificial photosynthesis that can grow oyster mushrooms without sunlight.
UC Riverside Professor Michael McKibben is optimistic that there is enough lithium in the geothermal field by the Salton Sea to fuel the predicted demand for it in the U.S.
UC Riverside has been recognized as a “leading research university” by the prestigious Association of American Universities, which has invited UCR to become a member.
Jasmine Lucero López, an undergraduate honors student in UCR's Department of Psychology, led a team of researchers who designed a groundbreaking solution for older people living with HIV who are experiencing heightened isolation. The team created a virtual village, an online space that helps alleviate negative effects of social isolation.
UC Riverside researchers Yulie Me and Josen Jin have identified soil bacteria able to break down some PFAS chemicals, known as “forever chemicals” because they take decades to degrade naturally.
Jalondra Davis, assistant professor of English at UCR, says that although mermaids are mythological creatures, their African origins are real. Part of Davis’ research situates the origin of Black mermaids during a time period when Africans were violently transported across the ocean to North America and the Caribbean.
Claire Thomas Federici, a University of California, Riverside botanist, says the "worms" seen falling from trees in India recently are actually the catkins, or flower spikes, from a species of poplar tree that grows in the region.
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane helped find an Earth-sized planet about 90 light-years away. Half this planet is locked in permanent daytime, the other half in permanent night, and it is likely covered in active volcanoes. Although volcanoes sound like an impediment to water and potential life, it may actually help the planet maintain an atmosphere.
Jalondra Davis, an assistant professor of English at UCR and "mermaid expert," says the upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey "matters for little black girls who can see themselves on the screen."