Dubbed "the world’s most affable and endearing theoretical particle physicist," UCR's Flip Tanedo joins the Ologies podcast to make sense of the Large Hadron Collider, Higgs bosons, and neutrinos.
Carolyn Sloane, a labor economist at UCR — whose "Rockonomics" class is currently studying the Ticketmaster drama — talks to NPR about what would solve the issues with the ticket sales giant.
David Oglesby, a seismologist and professor of geophysics at UCR, points out the notorious San Andreas fault that crosses most of California, from north to south, is of the strike-slip variety. This is the same variety as the East Anatolian fault that caused this week's massive and deadly Turkish earthquake.
UCR mycologist Sydney Glassman and doctoral student Fabiola Pulido-Chavez co-authored a study of the bacteria and fungi that thrive in the soil after it's been burned by a wildfire. These microbes may be key to reviving the charred land.
Peter Homyak, an environmental sciences professor at UCR, and his former student Johann Püspök of Austria, co-authored a study suggesting pollution from vehicles and power plants might make soil release carbon in Southern California and other similarly dry places – worsening, rather than helping to fight, climate change.
David Oglesby, a UCR geophysicist, explains to Wired that the aftershock risk is greatest right after the main earthquake, but there will still be noticeable aftershocks to Sunday's deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey for years to come.
Martin Schlusselberg, assistant clinical professor in UCR's School of Medicine, joins Hal Eisner to discuss long COVID, a condition that can get worse with time, and for which there is currently no test.
Cameron Barrows, a conservation ecologist at the Center for Conservation Biology at UCR, told Newsweek that heavy rainfall has set the stage for an exceptional superbloom in 2023, at least in parts of California.
Suneal Kolluri, an assistant professor in the School of Education, says a new Advanced Placement African American studies course suffers from revisions that sought to strike a compromise.
Deliberately performing random acts of kindness can make you feel happier and less depressed and anxious, according to a series of studies from UCR's Sonja Lyubomirsky. Varying those acts you do for others has a longer-term effect on your own happiness.
Professors Benjamin Newman and Dylan Rodríguez speak about the recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, and what makes them different.
Richard Carpiano, a UCR sociologist and public health professor, says researchers have long known that there are substantial disparities in mortality rates and health outcomes reflecting the social status hierarchies in this country.
Gerry Bomotti, UCR vice chancellor of planning, budget and administration, says the campus housing experience prioritizes undergraduate students, especially freshmen and transfer students. Campus housing allows the UC to integrate undergraduates into university culture and life, which some studies say can lead to better academic outcomes for them.
After two pandemic years with online programs only, Writers Week returns with a hybrid schedule this year. The late creative writing professor Mike Davis will receive a lifetime achievement award when the 46th annual Writers Week takes place at UCR, Feb. 13-17.
Asma Jafri, chair of family medicine at UCR, said she’s treated elderly patients who reported feeling extremely paranoid or agitated after smoking, vaping or ingesting marijuana. Others spoke incoherently or made unseemly statements, prompting immediate medical care, she said.
Hollis Woodard, associate professor of entomology and wild bee biologist, joined Larry Mantle to discuss a new vaccine for honey bees. It could help prevent American foulbrood disease, which is a bacterial disease that can spread quickly between hives.
Science Friday interview with Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz, a UCR assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, on using corn waste to activated make water filters.