Theodore Garland, Jr., a UCR evolutionary biologist, has shown in an ongoing experiment launched in 1993 that some variability in motivation or ability to do hard exercise is related to genetics.
Paul D'Anieri, a UCR political science professor and the author of "Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War," says the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut will ultimately look like a big miscalculation either for the Ukranians or the Russians.
When a tattoo is stamped onto skin, the body considers it an assault. The skin is the immune system’s “first barrier,” and is heavily stocked with fast-acting defensive cells that can leap into action when it’s breached, says Juliet Morrison, a virologist at UC Riverside.
UCR's Center for Plant Cell Biology, directed by Professor Julia Bailey-Serres, is leading research into such topics as how to increase yields of crops like rice and tomatoes, and how to make them more resistant to pests.
Black students are more often the target of racial hostility than any other group of students, according to a joint report by the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education and Access and the Civic Engagement Research Group at UC Riverside.
Shaun Bowler, dean of the graduate division in UCR's political science department and an expert on ballot measures, believes voters are pretty savvy even when bombarded with expensive campaign ads. Therefore, he questions the need for a ballot measure that would make it harder to gather referendum signatures.
UCR Entomology Department Chair Rick Redak offers context for a debate about eating insects that was sparked by a school assignment in Utah. "Bugs are eaten just about everywhere in the world except the United States and Europe," he said. "There are probably 500 to 1,000 species of insects that are used for food."
New research from UCR biologists Richard Cardullo and Cathy Thaler makes it more likely that the proteins that activate mosquito sperm can be shut down. This could help control populations of a common house mosquito known to transmit West Nile Virus and brain-swelling encephalitis.
UCR planetary astrophysicist Stephen Kane says new evidence is some of the most convincing he's ever seen that Venus may have active volcanoes, which sheds new light on the evolution of our sister planet.
New research from UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane shows the tiniest changes in the orbit of Jupiter, which is more massive than all other planets combined, would have a profound and devastating effect on the delicately balanced orbits of all other planets, including Earth.
Erin Conlisk, a UCR social science researcher shares her experience trying to get an ambulance to take her 81-year-old mother six miles to a health clinic. The ride was not pre-authorized, and no one had notified her; it simply never showed up.
In a new study, UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane asks the question, "What if a beefed-up version of Earth were suddenly dropped into the solar system between Mars and Jupiter?" The answer sheds light on how “super-Earths,” a class of planets that is very common in other star systems, might affect our own solar neighborhood.
Mouse studies led by UCR biology professor Theodore Garland suggest your gut may help motivate you to exercise. Or it might nudge you to skip your workout.
Nicole zur Nieden, a UCR developmental toxicologist, said new approaches could help scientists screen out a greater number of ineffective and unsafe compounds before they ever get to animal trials. That would reduce the number of animal studies researchers need to conduct and the limit the chemicals lab animals are exposed to.
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane conducted an experiment to see what would happen if our solar system had an extra planet, a "super-Earth" in between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. The results were mostly disastrous for this planet.
UC Riverside is recognized for efforts to decrease the number of police responses on campus, efforts which come in part from work done in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020.
Asma Jafri, a family physician and chair of UCR's Department of Family Medicine, explains that primary care doctors, generally, have larger workloads but are paid less than specialists, leading to burnout.
UCR earth and planetary scientists Robert Allen and James Gomez warn that rising global temperatures will lead to an increase in air pollution from natural sources.