New Spectre cyberthreat evades patches
New speculative execution attack launches from a computer’s return stack buffer, not the branch predictor
Donation brings zero-emissions vehicles one step closer to reality
New light-duty emissions testing facility gives UC Riverside the inside track toward the goal of zero-emission vehicles
New data science major promotes diversity in high-tech
Program will build new educational pathways in computing or technology for students, especially women, who otherwise would not study these subjects in college
Why mantis shrimp don’t crack under pressure
Cracking paradoxically improves fracture resistance in the pugnacious crustacean’s dactyl club
Microchips can permanently link patients with clinical samples
Project to embed patient data directly in biological samples receives Gates Foundation funding
A faster way to fail
Electromigration at normal operating temperatures causes integrated circuits to fail in hours instead of years, allowing researchers to assess how durable they are
Symposium celebrates 50 Years of clean air leadership
CARB’s 50th Anniversary Technology Symposium and Showcase highlighted CARB’s history driving innovative technologies that have made monumental improvements to California’s air quality
Electrons take one step forward without two steps back
Scientists use molecular dipoles to accelerate electron transfer in one direction and completely suppress it in the other. This “holy grail” of energy science could hasten the design of new and superb energy and electronic materials
Ten UC Riverside professors receive NSF CAREER awards
The awards support early career leaders in research and education
How greener grids can stay lit
A new index to guide utility demand bidding could balance electricity distribution and lower consumer costs as California solar-panel mandate takes effect
University of California and Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers receive $3.6M to secure smart campuses
The project, co-led by UC Riverside and UCLA, will develop a holistic framework to enhance the security, privacy, and safety of campus operation
Engineering graduate student is Ford Foundation fellow
Vicente Robles aims to develop a new method to deliver therapeutic agents directly into living cells
One-dimensional material packs a powerful punch for next generation electronics
The new technology has applications in nanometer-scale transistors and circuits
UCR explores collaboration with Chinese leaders
This spring, a University of California, Riverside delegation traveled 6,698 miles west to Guangzhou, Guangdong, and Anhui Province in eastern China to strengthen UCR’s relationships with the region’s top educators, researchers, and government officials. Across the Pacific Ocean, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and Kelechi Kalu, vice provost of International Affairs...
UCR explores collaboration with China’s top educations and entrepreneurs
This spring, a University of California, Riverside delegation traveled 6,698 miles west to Guangzhou, Guangdong, and Anhui Province in eastern China to strengthen UCR’s relationships with the region’s top educators, researchers, and government officials. Across the Pacific Ocean, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and Kelechi Kalu, vice provost of International Affairs...
UCLA Leader Named as Dean of Bourns College of Engineering
A UCLA engineering leader with a vision for UC Riverside’s ability to meet California’s STEM needs has been named the new dean of the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering. Christopher S. Lynch will join Bourns as dean on September 1. Lynch is the chair of the UCLA Samueli...