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...

Jingsong Zhang receives American Chemical Society award

Sebouh Paul will pursue nuclear physics research related to the Electron-Ion Collider

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...

Manual can help debug and design nanomagnet devices

J. Ole Becker honored for protecting crops from parasites

The journal Development shortlisted only four papers published in 2022 as finalists

Five thousand U.S. higher-education students applied, 1,267 applicants moved on to be nominated, and 413 of those nominees were awarded the 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarship — three of them being UC Riverside Highlanders. Since 2013, Goldwater Scholarships have been awarded to 18 Highlanders. This scholarship recognizes talented undergrads majoring...

The students compared their experiment results with those obtained by European students

UC Riverside and climate start-up Pluton Biosciences have partnered to advance the development of technology that increases a plant’s capability to capture CO2 and sequester it in the soil. Commercialization of the technology has the potential to create more sustainable agricultural practices and increase crop yields as an additional outcome of...

Elena Kozlova’s research will study how indoor flame retardant toxicants may affect brain development

UC Riverside honored promoted faculty members at a luncheon at the Alumni and Visitors Center on Jan. 30. About 40 people attended, including Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox. Supervisors and colleagues joined those who were honored in celebrating their efforts. Promotions occurred across UCR schools, including the College of Humanities, Arts and Social...

Wolf Prize considered to be the “Nobel in agriculture”

Now at Jefferson National Laboratory, the prototype will travel to two other national laboratories for testing

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Rare distinction honors prolific innovators

List celebrates authors of papers that rank in the top 1%

Roya Zandi is an expert on the physics and biophysics of virus formation

A 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students at UC Riverside has received financial support that will help the program grow, move forward, and reach more students from diverse backgrounds. Alumnus Amit Munshi and his wife, June, have established a $500,000 endowment to support and increase student participation in “Research In...

Viji Santhakumar will serve a three-year term