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More than $1 million in grants for computational chemistry and materials science

The research will improve understanding of catalysis and develop new photodetection technologies

By Holly Ober | August 30, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Natural gas engine can reduce smog from heavy-duty trucks

Simulated on-road testing shows the engine maintains near-zero emissions during all duty cycles

By Holly Ober | August 30, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Climate change predicted to bring more extremes to inland southern california

Regional report authored by UCR researchers is included in California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment

By Sarah Nightingale | August 27, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Nobel Laureate Barry Barish joins UC Riverside faculty

Physicist, whose contributions enabled the first observation of gravitational waves, is the university’s second Nobel Prize winner

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 27, 2018 | Science / Technology

Professor receives grant to study how fish hunt

NSF grant will support research on how fish coordinate different body parts to catch prey

By Sarah Nightingale | August 24, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Genetically engineered virus spins gold into beads

The discovery could make production of some electronic components cheaper, easier, and faster

By Holly Ober | August 23, 2018 | Science / Technology

Getting high on worms

UC Riverside researchers show that in parasitic worm infection both the host and the worm produce cannabis-like molecules

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 22, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity

Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 14, 2018 | Science / Technology
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New data science major promotes diversity in high-tech

Program will build new educational pathways in computing or technology for students, especially women, who otherwise would not study these subjects in college

By Holly Ober | June 28, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Ten UC Riverside professors receive NSF CAREER awards

The awards support early career leaders in research and education

By Holly Ober | June 1, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Research offers new insights into malaria parasite

A team of researchers led by a University of California, Riverside, scientist has found that various stages of the development of human malaria parasites, including stages involved in malaria transmission, are linked to epigenetic features and how chromatin — the complex of DNA and proteins within the nucleus — is...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 18, 2018 | Health

Scientists crack structure of enzyme complex linked to cancer

UC Riverside-led study offers important information for understanding “de novo DNA methylation"

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 7, 2018 | Health

Highlander Venture Fund chooses UCR professor’s ‘next-generation’ mosquito repellent for second investment

Up to $500,000 will help a startup company market a killer repellent that’s nontoxic, natural, and sweet-smelling

By Jeanette Marantos | February 7, 2018 | Business

Researchers receive $1 million for project challenging long-standing paradigm in endocrinology

W. M. Keck Foundation award supports UC Riverside research aimed at showing membrane transporters guide flow of steroid hormones into cells

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 5, 2018 | Health

The science behind the scenes of ‘Basmati Blues’

UCR geneticist Norman Ellstrand lent his scientific expertise to a musical romantic comedy centered around genetically modified rice

By Sarah Nightingale | February 2, 2018 | Science / Technology

Mysteries of nickel oxide – a promising spintronic material – are revealed

UC Riverside team determines how electron spins interact with crystal lattice in nickel oxide

By Richard Chang | January 15, 2018 | Science / Technology

UC Riverside research will help protect military software from hackers

Outdated military software and hardware is vulnerable to attack

By Richard Chang | January 15, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Highlander venture fund makes its first investment

$250,000 supports San Diego-based NanoCellect Biomedical Inc.

By Richard Chang | January 12, 2018 | University

UCR Extension offers new series of STEM workshops based on the makerspace ideology

Join the 'Maker Movement' for hands-on learning the Makerspace way

By John Warren | January 11, 2018 | University
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Genetic changes help mosquitoes survive pesticide attacks

UCR study shows how intensive pesticide use is driving mosquito evolution at the genetic level

By Sarah Nightingale | January 2, 2018 | Science / Technology
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