
Weapons of mass destruction research gets $1 million grant
The UCR Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or BCOE, has received $1 million in federal funding that will help develop science to neutralize some of the world's greatest weapons threats. The research will help gain new perspectives on key materials’ reaction under extreme stress and lead to enhanced...

Scalable quantum computing research supported by $2 million grant
Project aims to make quantum computers easier to produce and operable at room temperature

Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements
“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano

UC Riverside offers UC system's first master's degree in robotics
Algorithmic bias is one problem the program will tackle

Electromagnetic levitation whips nanomaterials into shape
Electromagnetic field directs shape formed by gas phase metal molecules

California’s worst wildfires are helping improve air quality prediction
New method measures and predicts air quality in areas with insufficient monitoring

Optical pre-processing makes computer vision more robust and energy efficient
Hybrid neural network can reconstruct Arabic or Japanese characters that it hasn’t seen before

Switching magnetic polarity at record speed
Researchers develop way to use magnetic materials for data storage that is 50 times faster than previous attempts

UC Riverside receives $7.5 million to improve large-scale networked systems
New Department of Defense Center of Excellence will help develop secure, fully networked command, control, and communications infrastructures

Making mezcal is an art; science shows us why
Experiments show how bubbles indicate alcohol value

Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage
Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for energy storage

COVID-19 highlights what we have yet to learn about lung mechanics
UC Riverside engineer is working on ways to pre-screen patients with difficulty breathing for earlier intervention

Double bubbles pierce with less trouble
Two optical cavitation bubbles penetrate soft materials better than one

Sterilizing surgical masks for safer reuse
UC Riverside engineers are developing low-temperature plasma technology to sterilize masks