Award provides a five-year, $1.35 million grant to explore collective quantum behavior in 2D materials

A nearby star system with two suns could potentially support an Earth-sized planet in a region where liquid water could exist, according to a new paper examining the dynamics of the system.

Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated in its atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago.

With a global ocean of liquid water below a thick crust of ice, Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. A new study suggests the moon itself may aid in that search by making some ocean compounds easier for future spacecraft...

UC Riverside study offers new hope for pollinator protection

New research shows that while rich neighborhoods are more likely to burn, they also generally recover faster from fires.

If it ever had a moon, new research shows Venus would have consumed it.

She’s a Grammy Award-winning international superstar, and now, Taylor Swift is also a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science.

UC Riverside scientists have developed a way to identify where Earth’s biggest earthquakes are most likely to occur.

Scientists have finally observed a fleeting chemical reaction that forms the basis of urban smog. The insight could help improve air quality forecasting models.

New UC Riverside research shows a link between dollar store food quality and higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.

Don’t assume an uptick in ant activity after setting out pesticide traps means the treatment failed. New UC Riverside research shows their behavior changes as chemicals make their way through a colony.

Being an elite athlete, at least as a mouse, does not shorten lifespan or limit how many children you can have.

Hundreds of Venus-like planets could soon help determine why some worlds become sweltering greenhouse hellscapes, but to fully understand that, scientists first need to know how fast those planets are spinning.

UCR scientists helped find a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree’s most important traits long before it flowers.

Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors

A $2.1 million grant will help a UCR synthetic biologist understand how cells stay stable despite stress.

A slowing Atlantic Ocean current will intensify powerful storms in California while reducing snowfall over Greenland.

Research examines air quality and respiratory health among children

A UC Riverside scientist has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to develop a better tool to track avian flu on poultry farms, help prevent future outbreaks, and avoid egg shortages.