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A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct. The research, published in iScience, used high-resolution 3D scans to look inside 480-million-year-old shells from a Moroccan site known for its exceptionally well-preserved...
UCR experiments offer a pathway for solar desalination solutions
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.
UC Riverside research reveals that common vaping ingredient can form chemicals that damage airway tissue even at low levels
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...
UC Riverside mouse study highlights why fitness may matter more in a warming, drier world
Genetic or bacterial diseases have previously been shown to have an effect on lung microbes. However, a UC Riverside discovery marks the first time scientists have observed such changes from environmental exposure rather than disease.
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.
A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and that their earliest ancestors may have feasted not on blood, but on smaller marine creatures. “This is the only body fossil we’ve ever found of this entire group,” said Karma Nanglu...
The most cost-effective way to conserve the dwindling waters of the Colorado River may not come from building new reservoirs, canals, or wells, but from changing how water is used on farms that consume most of it. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive study by UC Riverside’s School of Public...
UCR-developed technology will allow scientists to peer deeper into the universe
Katherine Meltzoff, a UCR associate professor, answers questions about what’s known about Tylenol and its association with autism. She also discusses the science on autism and vaccines, and the use of the drug leucovorin as a treatment.
How global warming may overcorrect into an ice age.
Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, around their genomes — a process that, while messy and complex, consistently results in highly symmetrical icosahedral structures. A genome is the complete set of genetic material in an organism. For...
A $2 million grant to UC Riverside will explore how gut bacteria shape human health.
UCR computer scientists are developing tools to expose hidden cybersecurity vulnerabilities, protect private data, and strengthen the digital defenses that safeguard everything from personal communications to national infrastructure.
Research team includes astrophysicists, computer scientists, artists, and philosophers from UC Riverside, USC, and Carnegie Observatories
Scientists say the warming climate is triggering chemical reactions that leach toxic metals into once-pristine Arctic waters, degrading fish habitat, water quality, and life for local people.
The University of California is launching Speak Up for Science. This growing movement of citizens, students and scientists is mobilizing to send a resounding message to America’s elected leaders: Cutting federal science spending will hurt every American.
As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity. To counter this threat, researchers at the University of California...
