UCR biogeochemist to use Yale fellowship to study the Salton Sea
Lyons to research growing global issue of shrinking lakes
UCR is key player in conceptual design of next-generation gravitational wave observatory
Ten times larger than LIGO, Cosmic Explorer will push gravitational-wave astronomy to the edge of the observable universe
NSF grant allows purchase of instrument for measuring magnetic properties
Students and postdoctoral researchers at UC Riverside will be trained to use the magnetometer
Professor secures $750k for safer, greener food supply research
Grant to help enable safe use of recycled water for farming
Addressing the nation’s need for strong domestic semiconductor industry and infrastructure
Last year, UC Riverside scientists Shane Cybart and Ludwig Bartels and colleagues at UC Irvine received $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, to team up with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in building a diverse educational pipeline in the field of microelectronics. Developing expertise and infrastructure in...
Supporters rally around Botanic Gardens after break-ins
The UC Riverside Botanic Gardens has seen an outpouring of support following break-ins that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars in equipment. Supporters have asked how they can donate money and equipment, and volunteer to help, after Botanic Gardens Director Jodie Holt posted on social media about burglaries that occurred Friday evening...
Summer school focuses on nuclear physics
Held at UCR for the first time, the NNPSS attracted young researchers from all over the country
Study examines salt taste in flies
UC Riverside research uncovers mechanism that reduces intake of harmful levels of salt
Entomology Teaching Garden opens on campus
Researchers’ goal is to attract native pollinators to the garden for study
Physicist receives high honor from Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona
Nobel laureate Barry Barish is a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UCR
What role does alternative splicing play in neurodegenerative disease?
UC Riverside scientists David Nikom and Sika Zheng explain in a timely review
Graduate students to attend Nobel conference
Zoe Figueroa and Elena Kozlova leave for Germany this week
Blog highlights Riverside’s outdoor public art
David Eastmond’s explorations of the city on his bicycle bore fruit during the pandemic
UCR named a “Bee Campus” for efforts to protect pollinators
UC Riverside has been designated as a bee-friendly campus and become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, joining other institutions in improving the landscape for pollinators. An initiative of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Bee Campus USA and the associated Bee City USA program provide a framework for communities to work...
How does photosynthesis work so efficiently?
How do living systems establish themselves and work so well? This is a question UC Riverside physicists Nathaniel M. Gabor and Jed Kistner-Morris, as well as scholarly writing expert Benjamin W. Stewart explore in an article they published in this month’s issue of Physics Today, a magazine of the American Institute of Physics. The trio zero in on...
Chemistry prof gains national recognition for outstanding mentorship
Jingsong Zhang receives American Chemical Society award
Postdoc wins prestigious fellowship
Sebouh Paul will pursue nuclear physics research related to the Electron-Ion Collider
New high-tech greenhouse facility opens to researchers
At the top floor of UC Riverside’s new Plant Research 1 building, geneticist Julia Bailey-Serres is testing how to grow rice to withstand drought and flooding conditions in countries like India. In the laboratory next to her, researcher Bao-Lam Huynh is growing new varieties of cowpea plants that will be sent to Africa. Their work takes advantage...
A manual for engineering spin dynamics in nanomagnets
Manual can help debug and design nanomagnet devices
UCR professor becomes Society of Nematologists Fellow
J. Ole Becker honored for protecting crops from parasites