Adam Godzik, a UCR bioinformatics expert, has co-authored a study showing that drug-resistant coronavirus is already circulating in the general population.
Deliberately performing random acts of kindness can make you feel happier and less depressed and anxious, according to a series of studies from psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky.
UCR astrobiologist Edward Schweiterman co-authored a study that used machine learning to reconstruct the lives of ancient bacteria. The study could provide clues for finding evidence of bacterial life on other planets whose atmospheres more closely resemble Earth from billions of years ago.
Robert Jinkerson, chemical and environmental engineer, Elizabeth Hann, botany doctoral student, and others at UCR helped create an artificial method of photosynthesis that allows plants to grow entirely in the dark. For some plants, the process is 18 times more efficient than normal photosynthesis.
Geophysics professor David Oglesby says that though places like the city of Desert Hot Springs are awe inspiring and fascinating from a tectonic and geophysical standpoint, the idea that it might be considered an 'energy vortex' isn't rooted in mainstream science.
A UC Riverside-led census of California bumble bees failed to locate several once-common species, including the formerly abundant Western bumble bee, a key pollinator for many wild plants and crops.
A team of UCR researchers led by entomologist Hollis Woodard's laboratory have had a hard time tracking down several native species of bumble bees, a sign that the insects’ population might be struggling in the state.
Richard Carpiano, UCR professor of public policy, says cases are on the rise because people are beginning to shed masks, socializing more and spending more time inside due to summer heat.
Inland Edition speaks with UCR virologist Juliet Morrison about the dropping of the mask mandate, whether we should be masking and if it really helps control the spread of the virus.
Milt McGiffen, UCR professor of botany and plant sciences, plans to test the a product that could help farmers reduce fertilizer use. If it is effective, he'll introduce it in California and the Midwest, where farmers are under pressure to cut their use of fertilizer to reduce runoff into major waterways.
Carol Park, a researcher at UCR's Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies, says more scholarly attention needs to be paid to Asian Americans in areas like Riverside. There is an outsized focus on major metropolitan areas. "We are not their backyard," she said.
Joshua trees face multiple threats, including people stealing them from the national park that bears their name. Research by ecologist Lynn Sweet shows the trees could cease to exist by end of century as a result of unchecked climate change.
UCR entomologist Quinn McFrederick was part of a team that discovered some 'vulture' bees in Costa Rica that feed on meat and have guts rich in acid-loving bacteria similar to those found in hyenas.