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
March 13, 2025
Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases
UC Riverside scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials.
March 12, 2025
Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing
UC Riverside receives $4M from UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program
March 09, 2025
A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon’s true form
The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale.
March 05, 2025
Enhancing mosquito repellent effectiveness
Two NIH grants to UC Riverside support a machine learning approach to identify insect repellents
March 01, 2025
Carrying on a Scientific Legacy
Pioneering entomologist Mir Mulla and his wife, Lelia, established a scholarship at UC Riverside to support new generations of researchers.
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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.
February 24, 2025
Department of Physics and Astronomy receives national award
American Physical Society recognizes the department’s efforts to improve undergraduate physics education
February 18, 2025
UCR team attends regional conference to attract undergraduates to physics and astronomy
For the first time, the UCR Department of Physics and Astronomy provided full financial support for two postdoctoral researchers and three graduate students to attend the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics that was held last month in San Diego, California.
February 03, 2025
Trailblazing UCR Geneticist Becomes National Academy of Sciences VP
Sue Wessler recognized for scientific excellence and collaborative spirit
January 30, 2025
Meet the new dean of CNAS
Peter Atkinson, genetics professor in the Dept. of Entomology
