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The Professional Science Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology prepares students for the most in-demand, highly skilled jobs

Study by UC Riverside and Portland State University scientists finds nicotine concentrations in JUULs is dangerously high

Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunities

Fatemah Alharbi discovered a serious security flaw, earning thanks from Apple

UC Riverside’s Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease

Bipedalism may have been favored in kangaroo rats to avoid ambush predators like vipers and owls, says UC Riverside biologist

Bert Poole served as a guest judge for Citrus Hack at the Bourns College of Engineering. Citrus Hack is a 36-hour, student organized hackathon in which student participants create an entire computer science and engineering project from scratch and present it to a panel of judges. Mr. Poole is also...

UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hosts

“Chronoprints” can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance

For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphere

Superbloom is a term concocted by the media, but this year’s wildflowers are still spectacular, especially for the creatures that depend on them

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The first bite of a tangy orange; a field of fragrant wildflowers; the sweet aroma of roasted hazelnuts. The natural world is filled with tastes and smells that delight our senses and calm our frayed nerves. If only we could package them up and take them home...

The University of California, Riverside announced today a $3.5 million donation from Givaudan to support UCR’s Citrus Variety Collection. The gift will help protect one of world’s most extensive citrus diversity collections from the impending threat of citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB. The gift will pay...

A recent study demonstrates the widespread environmental consequences of large dam reservoirs in Mexico

Magnonic devices of the future could use low power to avoid performance losses

UC Riverside study could lead to better strategies for protecting crops from attacks by pathogens

A team of researchers, including two from the University of California, Riverside, has identified the genes responsible for the hallmark sour taste of many citrus fruits. Published Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, the research could help plant breeders develop new, sweeter varieties. Modern citrus varieties have been bred over...

Spies can learn what a machine is making from the sounds it makes

You don’t want Careen Khachatoorian for a sister. Not if you smoke, you don’t. Careen’s older brother is trying to conceive a child with his partner. A typical text to her smoker-brother includes a link to a sins-of-smoking article, and reads like this: “See? Pregnant mothers have a greater chance...

Research could help reduce females’ susceptibility to several diseases, such as Fragile X and Rett syndromes