UC Riverside program for high school students aims to diversify STEM workforce
Underrepresented students will participate in carefully designed summer research and educational activities at UC Riverside
Fighting climate change with carbon capture and utilization technologies
Two UC Riverside experts explain how carbon capture and utilization technologies work, and what needs to improve for them to deliver on their promise
Time crystals leave the lab
Time crystals that persist indefinitely at room temperature could have applications in precision timekeeping
Like peanut butter? This algorithm has a hunch as to what you'll buy next
A new technique can incorporate customer behavior into recommendation algorithms
Wildfire dataset could help firefighters save lives and property
WildfireDB contains over 17 million data points that capture how fires have spread in the contiguous United States over the last decade
Biocompatible glue for corneal repair is a sight for sore eyes
The adhesive would replace stitches and conventional adhesive to speed healing and reduce complications and cost
“Magic wand” reveals a colorful nano-world
Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging
Quickly optimizing deep neural networks for different devices
New technique makes apps perform better across devices while keeping costs about the same
Botnet buster finds IoT command and control centers
Tool fools malware twice and can trick it into revealing itself
University sets new enrollment record for fall 2021
UC Riverside has released its enrollment numbers for fall 2021, showing a record student population of 26,847. That represent a 1.6% increase from fall 2020, when 26,434 total undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled. The student population includes 40.8% low-income students and 54.7% first-generation students. Forty-one percent of students are...
Scientists are using AI originally developed for producing deepfake videos to stop future pandemics
Generative adversarial networks are being used to predict the structure of antibodies that could neutralize a previously unknown virus
UC Riverside receives $2 million to monitor air quality impacts of goods movement in Inland Southern California
The grant comes from the California Attorney General’s Office Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund
Yeast and bacteria together biosynthesize plant hormones for weed control
Synthetic strigolactones could also improve nutrient uptake in crops
Data mining tools combat COVID-19 misinformation and identify symptoms
Computer scientists use Google Trends and a government dataset to track symptoms and sift through misinformation
Scalable quantum computing research supported by $2 million grant
Project aims to make quantum computers easier to produce and operable at room temperature
Using light to control materials
Supercomputers and machine learning will help scientists optimize light-driven electron transfer
Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements
“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano
Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants
External application could reduce agricultural reliance on fungicides