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UCR scientists create a fully synthetic model for growing brain cells that could allow for animal-free drug testing.

When Alisa Perales was a year old she began learning her ABC’s and 123’s. By the time she was 4, she could name the capitals of the world and the bones in a human body. Now at 11 years old, she’s solving advanced mathematical proofs as a computer science major...

Amidst the decline of reefs worldwide, UCR scientists have launched a $1.1 million project to uncover how coral regains life-giving algae after suffering from heat stress.

UCR experiments offer a pathway for solar desalination solutions

A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation — a breakthrough that could help make the next generation of lithium batteries safer and more powerful. The study, published in PRX Energy, focused on a ceramic material known as LLZTO...

A new diagnostic metric combines charge data and environmental factors like traffic patterns, elevation changes, and ambient temperature to generate real-time predictions about whether an EV battery can complete a specific task.

UC Riverside Innovation addresses need to strip AI models of private and copyrighted content.

UCR computer scientists team up with Google scientists to develop an artificial intelligence model that detects fake videos — even when manipulations go far beyond face swaps and altered speech.

Courtesy of UC Riverside, biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants and other information at breakneck speed – without requiring them to code.

Established by a family of UC Riverside alumni, the Ross Family Endowed Term Chair supports innovative teaching and research in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Vaping during pregnancy is becoming more common, but its impact on early human development is not well understood. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports that the flavor chemical menthol used in electronic cigarettes could pose risks to a developing baby. The study, published...

While artificial intelligence, or AI, is transforming industries, its environmental impact is often overlooked. Shaolei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, took to a TED Talk stage last fall in Vienna, Austria, to discuss a hidden consequence of AI’s rapid expansion. In his talk...

Officials at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), the University of Michigan, and several industry partners launch of the Hydrogen Engine Alliance of North America (H2EA-NA) to promote hydrogen as a viable alternative fuel.

Machine learning tool developed by UCR researchers will help answer fundamental questions about the universe

One is harnessing the power of yeast. Another is profiling maliciousness. A third is using electromagnetic levitation to create new metal alloys. Sci-fi characters? No. Award-winning doctoral students? Yes! They’re three doctoral candidates from UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, and they’ve each been awarded a $15,000...

The University of California system has awarded a $1.4 million grant to UC Riverside chemical and environmental engineering professor Haizhou Liu and a collaborative team from several UC campuses to combat water scarcity by developing strategies to clean and reuse water for agriculture. With California facing climate change and dwindling...

Computer processing demands for artificial intelligence, or AI, are spurring increasing levels of deadly air pollution from power plants and backup diesel generators that continuously supply electricity to the fast-growing number of computer processing centers. This air pollution, a new UCR and Caltech study estimates, is expected to result in...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a low-cost method to significantly reduce nitrogen oxides pollution from hydrogen engines by improving the efficiency of their catalytic converters. As reported in the journal Nature Communications

UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group

A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of “forever chemical" water pollutants, offering promise for low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water.