October 15, 2024
UC Riverside receives seven grants totaling $7M for graduate education
GAANN fellowships from the Department of Education will support students pursuing research in areas of national need
October 10, 2024
How your skin tone could affect your meds
Perspective paper offers insights into impact of skin pigmentation on drug efficacy and safety
October 01, 2024
Airborne plastic chemical levels shock researchers
Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty products.
September 26, 2024
Scientists design new drug to fight malaria
In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all antimalarial drugs has posed a big challenge for researchers working to stop the spread of the disease.
September 26, 2024
Sahara Desert dust is helping oceans thrive
Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing the flow of iron into them can increase the amount of carbon fixed by phytoplankton, with consequences for the global climate.
September 20, 2024
New data science tool greatly speeds up molecular analysis of our environment
UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group
September 19, 2024
Stopping plants from passing viruses to their progeny
Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier crops. The discovery could also help reduce the transmission of diseases from mothers to human children.
September 11, 2024
Century-old experiment secures beer and whiskey’s future
Thanks to an experiment started before the Great Depression, researchers have pinpointed the genes behind the remarkable adaptability of barley, a key ingredient in beer and whiskey. These insights could ensure the crop’s continued survival amidst rapid climate change.
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October 16, 2024
UCR team to participate in national undergraduate research program
Five-month program focuses on developing participants’ communication and advocacy skills
October 02, 2024
DOE renewal grant funds student research
Researchers will work at Brookhaven National Laboratory to uncover internal structure of protons
September 13, 2024
UCR physicists receive DOE grants as early career scientists
Miguel Arratia and Shawn Westerdale have each been awarded $875,000 over five years
August 30, 2024
NSF funds instrumentation in lab linked to LIGO research
Physicist Jon Richardson is grant’s principal investigator
August 30, 2024
Alumni win over $300K in 2024-25 awards through CUREL
With the help of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning, or CUREL, recent graduates of UC Riverside racked up over $300,000 worth of funding for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue their studies and research.
August 26, 2024
Junior faculty honored for being outstanding teachers
Four faculty recognized by UCR’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching
August 23, 2024
Entomology student honored by national society
A doctoral student in entomology is being honored by the world’s largest entomological society for her contributions to the field.
Sakshi Watts is one of the student honorees being recognized by the Entomological Society of America in its 2024 Awards and Honors.
August 21, 2024
UCR team a runner-up in NASA Deep Space Food Challenge
A UC Riverside research team has won $250,000 as a runner-up in NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge for developing a method to grow mushrooms in outer space.
