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Beverly Hills

Money to burn: wealthy, white neighborhoods losing their heat shields

A new study shows the protective effect of income has largely eroded over the past 40 years, as landscape plants can’t keep up with the pace of climate warming.

By Jules Bernstein | November 30, 2023 | Science / Technology
Mink

Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection

UC Riverside research can help scientists develop methods to prevent COVID-19 in mink and other species

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 29, 2023 | Science / Technology
Oriental fruit fly closeup

One of the world’s worst pests attacks California

One of the world’s worst pests is infesting crops all over California. There are seven active quarantines spanning the length of the state, but experts say those affecting San Bernardino and Riverside counties are especially serious.

By Jules Bernstein | November 21, 2023 | Science / Technology
trilobites scavenging

Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map

UC Riverside geologists discovered 10 new species of trilobites hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand. They could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography.

By Jules Bernstein | November 20, 2023 | Science / Technology
Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112

Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe

Research team, including a UC Riverside astronomer, made the discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 9, 2023 | Science / Technology
brain scans

Scientists tame biological trigger of deadly Huntington’s disease

Huntington’s disease causes dementia, has no cure, and is fatal. UC Riverside scientists show they can slow its progression in flies and worms, opening the door to human treatments.

By Jules Bernstein | November 8, 2023 | Science / Technology
electric vehicle with lithium battery

Grant powers regional lithium mining hub as shortage looms

Those working to establish a sustainable lithium mining industry in Southern California have gotten a surge of support with a new grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

By Jules Bernstein | November 7, 2023 | Science / Technology
Colorado River

Model to illustrate scenarios for Colorado River water use

UC Riverside public policy scholars are bringing clarity to a fraught debate over how to use Colorado River water as flows decline with climate change. They have created a hydro-economic model that can illuminate the future impacts of major water use changes by answering prompts and clicking a mouse.

By David Danelski | November 1, 2023 | Science / Technology, Business
Giant planets in space

Giant planets cast a deadly pall

New studies show that in some planetary systems, giant gas planets can kick their Earth-like neighbors out of orbit and wreak havoc on their climates.

By Jules Bernstein | October 31, 2023 | Science / Technology
D. sechellia on noni

How did a fly species gain sole access to a fruit in the Seychelles?

A UC Riverside-led study offers an answer

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 31, 2023 | Science / Technology
TIME award

Luna UCR avocado is one of TIME's '2023 best inventions'

The Luna UCR avocado is named by TIME as one of the best inventions of the year. Therecognition comes just months after UCR released the variety to commercial growers worldwide.

By David Danelski | October 24, 2023 | Science / Technology, Business, University
Barry Barish

UCR physicist awarded National Medal of Science

Barry Barish received nation’s highest honor for science during a ceremony at the White House

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 24, 2023 | Science / Technology
modified plants

Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having engineered a plant to turn beet red in the presence of a banned, toxic pesticide.

By Jules Bernstein | October 23, 2023 | Science / Technology
Ceanothus, also known as California lilac

How to help save plants from extinction

Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better protect plants by choosing conservation targets more strategically, UC Riverside botanists argue in a new paper.

By Jules Bernstein | October 17, 2023 | Science / Technology
river drought

Rivers may not recover from drought for years

Lack of rainfall is not the only measure of drought. New UC Riverside research shows that despite a series of storms, the impact of drought can persist in streams and rivers for up to 3.5 years. There are two measures of drought in streams. One measure is the total water...

By Jules Bernstein | October 11, 2023 | Science / Technology
 video games

How video games could unlock new treatments for Parkinson’s 

A $5 million NIH grant is adding an ‘extra life’ to Parkinson’s research, with patients playing video games during brain surgery to help researchers understand better how the brain regulates movement.

By Jules Bernstein | October 10, 2023 | Science / Technology
Thai coal plant

Two-dimensional compounds can capture carbon from the air

Some of the thinnest materials known to mankind can be engineered to capture carbon dioxide from the air.

By David Danelski | October 4, 2023 | Science / Technology
AI conceptual

Faculty members discuss AI’s possible impacts at UCR

UCR faculty members from different disciplines discuss how artificial intelligence or AI is expected to create a paradigm shift in higher education instruction.

By David Danelski | October 3, 2023 | Social Science / Education, Science / Technology, University

A CAMP that’s designed for everyone

What happens when you mix an undergrad, grad, and faculty mentor into one research program? You get UCR CAMP Scholars. UC Riverside’s California Alliance for Minority Participation, or CAMP, is funded by the National Science Foundation, or NSF, and serves underrepresented students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or...

By Malinn Loeung | September 29, 2023 | Students, University, Science / Technology
flames from fuel injector

Scientists unveil fire-safe fuel 

UC Riverside chemical engineers have designed a fuel that ignites only with the application of electric current. Since it doesn’t react to flames and cannot start accidental fires during storage or transport, it is a “safe” liquid fuel.

By Jules Bernstein | September 28, 2023 | Science / Technology
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