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Mathematizing keloid scars gets UCR 3rd at UC Grad Slam

On April 29, UC Riverside doctoral candidate Angeliz Vargas Casillas placed third in the 2025 UC Grad Slam, an annual competition challenging graduate students from the 10 UC campuses to effectively pitch their years-long Ph.D. research ... within three minutes ... using one single presentation slide. Gulp. The competition took...

By Malinn Loeung | May 8, 2025 | Students, University, Science / Technology
solar panel installation

Turning light into usable energy

A grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will allow UCR researchers to address one of physics' most complex mysteries - the process by which light transfers energy through materials.

By Jules Bernstein | May 8, 2025 | Science / Technology
drywood termite colony

Discovery: a better, more targeted termite terminator

UC Riverside researchers find a chemical able to kill about 95 percent of a drywood termite colony without off-target effects on mammals.

By Jules Bernstein | May 6, 2025 | Science / Technology
Riverside City council member Clarissa Cervantes se getting into a hydrogen engine car

UC Riverside joins launch of hydrogen carshare program

UC Riverside, in partnership with city and state agencies, has helped launch the nation's only hydrogen-powered carshare program—offering a clean, affordable transportation alternative to Riverside residents. The Riverside Clean Air Carshare, or RCAC , program offers 13 Toyota Mirai sedans equipped with hydrogen fuel cell technology. Participants can reserve a...

By David Danelski | May 6, 2025 | Science / Technology, University
Hailing Jin and Mary Droser

National Academy of Sciences welcomes two UCR faculty members

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) welcomes two UC Riverside professors as new members: Mary Droser, distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, and Hailing Jin, Cy Mouradick Endowed Chair of microbiology and plant pathology.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2025 | Science / Technology, University
burning couch

Toxic comeback looms for upholstered furniture

UC Riverside professor of environmental toxicology, David Volz argues that California lawmakers should prevent furniture manufacturers from going back to using toxic, ineffective chemical flame retardants.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2025 | Science / Technology
video conference screen

Platform developed at UCR reinvents the webinar

Online webinar platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams have enabled public discourse at an unprecedented scale. But when hundreds of people join a meeting, the flow of feedback—often reduced to rapid-fire chat messages—becomes chaotic and overwhelming. Kevin Esterling, a public policy and political science professor at UC Riverside...

By David Danelski | April 28, 2025 | Science / Technology, Social Science / Education
Desert flowers

Invasive weed threatens Southern California’s deserts 

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. UC Riverside research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and reducing the desert’s ability to recover from extreme climate swings.

By Jules Bernstein | April 23, 2025 | Science / Technology
Vitamin B1

 Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958

Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water — a feat long thought impossible.

By Jules Bernstein | April 21, 2025 | Science / Technology
Stem cells

DNA organization offers clues for advancing stem cell therapy

UC Riverside-led study could help advance treatments for injuries, aging, and diseases

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 16, 2025 | Science / Technology
LA freeway traffic

Study links traffic speed to dirty air

Despite modern cars generally being cleaner and more fuel efficient, a University of California, Riverside study shows that higher speed limits can make city air dirtier.

By Jules Bernstein | April 15, 2025 | Science / Technology
broomrape parasitic plant

Triggering parasitic plant ‘suicide’ to help farmers

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could trick these invaders into self-destructing? Scientists at UC Riverside think they’ve found a way.

By Jules Bernstein | March 20, 2025 | Science / Technology
Vibration directions or polarization of the radiation

The universe’s baby pictures just got clearer

UCR physicist a key member of international collaboration that produced the images

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 18, 2025 | Science / Technology
Hycean world

Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases

UC Riverside scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials.

By Jules Bernstein | March 13, 2025 | Science / Technology
Jing Shi standing in front of white board

Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing

UC Riverside receives $4M from UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 12, 2025 | Science / Technology
megalodon eating whale

A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon’s true form

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale. The study team, which included researchers from...

By Jules Bernstein | March 9, 2025 | Science / Technology
Mosquito repellent

Enhancing mosquito repellent effectiveness

Two NIH grants to UC Riverside support a machine learning approach to identify insect repellents

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 5, 2025 | Science / Technology
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
manzanita flowers

New manzanita species discovered, already at risk

A new species of native California shrub famous for its twisted branches and wildfire resilience has been discovered on the central coast, but its survival is already threatened by urban development that could destroy its fragile population.

By Jules Bernstein | February 24, 2025 | Science / Technology
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