No more flu for you? Discovery blocks influenza virus’ replication in cells
SUMOylation inhibitor could lead to highly effective ways to treat the flu and other respiratory viruses
Candy-coated pills could prevent pharmaceutical fraud
Colorful nonpareils can uniquely identify drug capsules and counterfeit fashions
Turmeric compound helps grow engineered blood vessels and tissues
Magnetic hydrogels embedded with curcumin-coated nanoparticles promote the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor
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
Still life in shades of gray
How Toni Morrison helped an economics professor turn grief into art
Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements
“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano
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
Implantable piezoelectric polymer improves controlled release of drugs
Repeated tests showed a similar amount of drug release per activation, confirming robust control of release rate
Picosecond electron transfer in peptides can help energy technologies
Hydrogen bonds reshape peptides to move electrons a million times faster than previously known
Glass nanopore pulls DNA like spaghetti through a needle
The purely electrical technique captures cell-free DNA from the surface of a sample
Simple new testing method aims to improve time-release drugs
Glass tuning-fork-shaped tubing gives accurate, continuous measurements of drug dissolution
Improving treatment of spinal cord injuries
Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling to prevent secondary injuries in rats
Coveting yeast? It's much more than a loaf of bread
While quarantined bakers discover sourdough starters, bioengineers tweak yeast to produce compounds that could fight cancer
Sterilizing surgical masks for safer reuse
UC Riverside engineers are developing low-temperature plasma technology to sterilize masks
UC Riverside bioengineer seeks to calm influenza’s cytokine storms
Work on selective immune system suppression in influenza could transfer directly to COVID-19
Can I mix those chemicals? There’s an app for that!
New technology can find the safest way to store and dispose of reactive chemicals
For UC Riverside Bioengineering Professor Immune System Research was Personal
Dimitrios Morikis, UC Riverside Professor of Bioengineering, passed away May 27, 2019. Professor Morikis is well known for his work in immunophysics and immunoengineering, where he used physics and engineering approaches to understand molecular mechanisms of immunology, develop disease models, and design new drugs and molecular sensors for autoimmune and...
‘A closed mouth doesn’t get fed’
This future PepsiCo associate was raised without her parents since the age of 9. Her resiliency transformed into grit
Seeing through food and drug fakes and frauds
“Chronoprints” can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance
Machines whisper our secrets
Spies can learn what a machine is making from the sounds it makes