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.
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 has been recognized as a “leading research university” by the prestigious Association of American Universities, which has invited UCR to become a member.
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.
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.
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.
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."
When it comes to driving and other daily tasks that involve physical activity, older adults are more likely to get distracted than younger people, according to a new study led by UCR's Lilian Azer, a psychology graduate student.
From pinyon pines to ocotillos, plants in the Sonoran Desert are shifting where they grow in response to climate change, and many of the plants aren’t thriving in their new ranges, according to a new study led by UCR doctoral candidate in evolution and ecology, Tesa Madsen-Hepp.
Deysi Mojica overcame her high school’s lack of resources to help undocumented students like herself apply to college, and UCR offered her a financial aid package that would make her college dream possible. But her aid package was held up because a signature was missing from one of her application forms.