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Scientist using a computer

New computer language helps spot hidden pollutants

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.

By Jules Bernstein | May 12, 2025 | Science / Technology
Dean Christopher Lynch and Eamonn Keogh

Recognizing research excellence

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.

By Devlin Smith | April 1, 2025 | University

Pregnant women advised to avoid mentholated e-cigarettes

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...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 27, 2025 | Health
Shaolei Ren gives his TED talk

Professor’s TED Talk warns of AI’s hidden water costs 

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...

By David Danelski | March 5, 2025 | Science / Technology
Wayne Miller & Georgios Karavalakis

UCR and U of Michigan launch hydrogen-engine alliance

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.

By David Danelski | February 27, 2025 | Science / Technology, Business, University
LIGO Livingston

New diagnostic tool will help LIGO hunt gravitational waves

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 30, 2025 | Science / Technology
Winston Chung Hall at the Bourns College of Engineering

Bourns doctoral students earn research awards

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...

By Malinn Loeung | January 22, 2025 | Students, Science / Technology
sewage treatment plant

$1.4 million grant awarded to spur water recycling technology

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...

By David Danelski | December 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
computer processing center

AI’s deadly air pollution toll

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...

By David Danelski | December 9, 2024 | Science / Technology, Business
hydrogen truck

UCR scientists cut harmful pollution from hydrogen engines

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

By David Danelski | October 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
A beach

New data science tool greatly speeds up molecular analysis of our environment

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 20, 2024 | Science / Technology
UCR professor Yujie Men

Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

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.

By David Danelski | July 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
meeting of the United Nations

UCR professor to serve on United Nations climate panel

Representing the United States, UCR professor Mihri Ozkan I will provide recommendations to a United Nations panel for emerging research and strategies needed to shape the future of direct air carbon capture technology and "its role in our collective quest for a carbon-neutral society."

By David Danelski | June 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
ion exchange tanks

‘Forever chemical’ discovery can aid drinking water cleanups

A UC Riverside team discovered a chemical process that allows high levels of salt normally found in wastewater from water treatment plants to act as a catalyst that facilitates the breakup of "forever chemical" pollutants. Normally, salt in wastewater impedes the cleanup of chemical pollutants.

By David Danelski | May 30, 2024 | Science / Technology
stroke

Federal grant to advance brain stroke research

Kaveh Laksari, a UC Riverside assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop predictive models for stroke treatment strategies using data from patient brain scans.

By David Danelski | April 24, 2024 | Science / Technology
biomass to sportswear

From polluting waste to sportswear

A UCR professor receives $1.45 million federal grant to further develop a chemical process that takes plant waste from wood processing and farming to make fibers for clothing fabrics and other products.

By David Danelski | April 23, 2024 | Science / Technology
lab

Lab merger and expansion to spur innovation

A new UCR laboratory will be formed by merging the existing Nanofabrication Facility with the Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis, or CFAMM, and bringing in about $3 million for new equipment.

By David Danelski | March 19, 2024 | Business, Science / Technology, University
eamonn award

UCR computer scientist honored by Ireland’s head of state

UCR distinguished professor of computer science Eamonn Keogh is awarded the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal by Ireland’s head of state.

By David Danelski | March 13, 2024 | Science / Technology, University
Computer haking

UCR outs security flaw in AI query models

UC Riverside computer scientists have identified a security flaw in vision language artificial intelligence (AI) models that can allow bad actors to use AI for nefarious purposes, such as obtaining instructions on how to make bomb. When integrated with models like Google Bard and Chat GPT, vision language models allow...

By David Danelski | January 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
Eco house

Students design & build affordable, energy-efficient home

A groups of UCR undergraduate students design and build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity so wisely it doesn’t need to be connected to the grid.

By David Danelski | December 5, 2023 | University, Students
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