April 23, 2025
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.
April 21, 2025
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.
April 16, 2025
DNA organization offers clues for advancing stem cell therapy
UC Riverside-led study could help advance treatments for injuries, aging, and diseases
April 16, 2025
Superbugs, Indigenous video games, and tipping dilemmas
On April 11, nine UC Riverside graduate students presented their research at the 11th annual UCR Grad Slam Final for a chance at $5,000. The event was hosted by UCR’s Grad Division and was held on campus at the School of Business.
Grad Slam is a University of California-wide speaking competition in which graduate students get three minutes to describe their research to judges and an audience of peers, faculty, staff, friends, and family.
April 15, 2025
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.
March 27, 2025
Pregnant women advised to avoid mentholated e-cigarettes
Vaping during pregnancy is becoming more common, but its impact on early human development is not well understood. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports that the flavor chemical menthol used in electronic cigarettes could pose risks to a developing baby.
March 20, 2025
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.
March 18, 2025
The universe’s baby pictures just got clearer
UCR physicist a key member of international collaboration that produced the images
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UCR physicist’s work featured in popular quantum course
Umar Mohideen’s image from Casimir effect experiment will appear in Spanish version of a show on quantum mechanics
April 15, 2025
Tim Lyons’ geochemistry award continues lineage of legends
Greatness runs in the lab.
April 14, 2025
UCR part of collaboration that received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
CMS collaborators analyze data from Large Hadron Collider collisions
April 09, 2025
UCR scientists join elite class of 2024 AAAS fellows
A big honor for chemistry and biomedical sciences faculty
March 25, 2025
UCR physicist receives international award
Guido Altarelli Award recognizes Miguel Arratia’s work on probing the structure of the proton
March 20, 2025
Biochemist recognized for breakthroughs in functional metabolomics
Daniel Petras has received the Mattauch-Herzog Award from the German Association for Mass Spectrometry
March 13, 2025
UCR scientists win big in regional entomology awards
Professional society recognizes outstanding faculty and grad student work
March 12, 2025
UCR ranked high in QS World University Rankings
UC Riverside has been named one of the world’s top universities for 17 subject areas in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings, released Wednesday, March 12.
In its rankings, global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds, or QS, compared more than 18,300 university programs in more than 1,700 universities around the world in 55 academic disciplines and five broad subject areas.
