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oil derrick

Managing earthquakes triggered by oil production

A team of scientists has developed an approach to disposing wastewater that reduces the danger of triggering an earthquake.

By Jules Bernstein | July 28, 2021 | Science / Technology
Close up of fruit fly on banana

Fruit fly offers lessons in good taste

UC Riverside study shows food choice decisions require taste input

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 26, 2021 | Science / Technology
Wiggly light streams against a dark background

Using light to control materials

Supercomputers and machine learning will help scientists optimize light-driven electron transfer

By Holly Ober | July 20, 2021 | Science / Technology
math lab

Making freshman calculus add up for more students

UC Riverside is leading a new, $1.26 million project to bring calculus classes to life for students who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math subjects.

By Jules Bernstein | July 19, 2021 | Science / Technology
A soft robotic hand grips an orange with the UCR logo

Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements

“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano

By Holly Ober | July 16, 2021 | Science / Technology
Richard Branson

Billionaires in the great beyond

UCR scientists weigh in on the first successful civilian trip to space, and the ethics of being a billion-dollar rocket man.

By UCR News | July 14, 2021 | Science / Technology
Aspergillus niger fungus growing on a white onion

Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants

External application could reduce agricultural reliance on fungicides

By Holly Ober | July 14, 2021 | Science / Technology
heat

It's more than hot. It's dangerous.

It's the time of year when Inland Southern California becomes a 27,000-square-mile skillet. We asked UC Riverside physicians how to stay safe and hydrated.

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 7, 2021 | Science / Technology, Health
African chameleon

Better predicting how plants and animals will weather climate extremes

A team of scientists led by UC Riverside has devised a more accurate way to predict the effects of climate change on plants and animals — and whether some will survive at all.

By Jules Bernstein | July 1, 2021 | Science / Technology
Sun shining over UC Riverside campus in April, 2021

UC Riverside wins grant from Southern California Energy Innovation Network

A $450,000 grant lets UCR continue helping clean energy entrepreneurs advance their ideas

By Holly Ober | June 25, 2021 | Business, Science / Technology
Mahmood Shaheen and Nathaniel Ortiz sit with Scotty before a commencement ceremony

Chance meeting spawned a tech startup for these engineering students

Friends Mahmood Shaheen and Nathaniel Ortiz are taking recycling to the next level

By Holly Ober | June 25, 2021 | Students, Science / Technology
western banded gecko

Geckos might lose their tails, but not their dinner

A new UC Riverside study finds geckos are fierce hunters whether or not their tails are attached to their bodies.

By Jules Bernstein | June 23, 2021 | Science / Technology
Supermassive black hole

How a supermassive black hole originates

UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 16, 2021 | Science / Technology
CARB rendering

Campus community gets first look at OASIS

On a campus already actively growing its footprint in Inland Southern California, a proposed clean technology park would lead to a reinvention of UC Riverside’s relationship with the city and region. The park is Phase I of a more ambitious research and economic development project. The Opportunities to Advance Sustainability...

By John Warren | June 16, 2021 | University, Science / Technology
The hand of an old person holding the hand of a younger person

Chatbots for dementia patients and caregivers need more work

Systematic review of apps finds need for evidence-based chatbots that have undergone end user evaluation

By Holly Ober | June 15, 2021 | Science / Technology
Air polluting smokestack

Is it feasible to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

A UC Riverside engineer discusses direct air capture

By Holly Ober | June 14, 2021 | Science / Technology
Moire trion

Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices

When two similar atomic layers with mismatching lattice constants — the constant distance between a layer’s unit cells — and/or orientation are stacked together, the resulting bilayer can exhibit a moiré pattern and form a moiré superlattice. Moiré patterns are interference patterns that typically arise when one object with a...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 11, 2021 | Science / Technology
Yellow vein disease

Decoded genome of little-known disease offers hope for citrus

UC Riverside scientists are hoping the RNA of an obscure infection can one day be used like a Trojan horse to deliver life-saving treatments to citrus trees.

By Jules Bernstein | June 10, 2021 | Science / Technology
Two happy elderly women

Study of perception and memory in older adults will improve understanding of dementias

UC Riverside scientists will use a $2 million NIH grant to study the brain’s locus coeruleus

By Holly Ober | June 7, 2021 | Science / Technology
Two glasses of water with flowers floating in them by Camille Brodard on Unsplash

A new water treatment technology could also help Mars explorers

A catalyst that destroys perchlorate in water could clean Martian soil

By Holly Ober | June 3, 2021 | Science / Technology
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