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NASA is uniting experts across multiple disciplines to investigate life's beginnings on our planet -- and to explore if and how life sprung up elsewhere in the universe

Experimental study done at UC Riverside and University of Washington on monolayer tungsten ditelluride could lead to more energy-efficient electronic devices

UC Riverside astronomers develop educational workshop converting astronomical phenomena into vibrations that can be felt rather than heard

UC Riverside-led research could help develop novel therapeutic strategies to combat malaria

Climate change is warming the ocean, but it’s warming land faster and that’s really bad news for air quality

The first production of an electron liquid at room temperature opens the way for new optoelectronic devices and basic physics studies

Females love males with big dorsal fins, but the appendages first evolved for males to fight other males

When it gets hot outside, humans and animals have the luxury of seeking shelter in the shade or cool, air-conditioned buildings. But plants are stuck. While not immune to changing climate, plants respond to the rising mercury in different ways. Temperature affects the distribution of plants around the planet. It...

Proof of concept grants advance new technologies to fight cancer and improve agriculture

UC Riverside-led research, done on the Big Island, shows effects of mite introduction have cascaded through entire pathogen communities

International research team, co-led by UC Riverside physicist, shows how pure graphene efficiently converts light into electricity

Sergio Garcia will do research during the winter quarter on a particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider

Projects include the study of aquatic insect communities, bumble bees, and the impact of climate change on plants

Study led by UCR researcher explores how climate change affects nature’s ability to recycle

UC Riverside’s Nathaniel Gabor and colleague formulate a vision for the field in a perspective article

UC Riverside-led study deciphers key elements for the assembly of a large virus; understanding its formation could contain viruses’ spread

UC Riverside evolutionary biologist says increased cancer risk associated with height is due primarily to an increase in the number of body cells

Collection edited by UCR researchers focuses on the role of rising oxygen in the birth of complex life

The University Laboratory Building is being renamed the “Rochelle and Allison Campbell Hall”

Molecular fossil evidence suggests sponges lived on the ancient ocean floors 100 million years before the Cambrian period