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Smarter AI processing, cleaner air

David Danelski — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

UCR engineering scientists offer blueprint to cut pollution & prolong server life at big data processing centers

UV light holds promise for energy-efficient desalination

David Danelski — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

UCR experiments offer a pathway for solar desalination solutions

Smarter battery tech knows whether your EV will make it home

Jules Bernstein — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700

A new diagnostic metric combines charge data and environmental factors like traffic patterns, elevation changes, and ambient temperature to generate real-time predictions about whether an EV battery can complete a specific task.

Solid-state batteries charge faster, last longer

Jules Bernstein — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Solid-state batteries are poised to transform everything from electric cars to consumer electronics, and represent a transformational leap in energy storage.

Women’s pelvic tissue tears during childbirth unstudied, until now

Jules Bernstein — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain largely unstudied. A new research project is poised to change that, addressing this significant gap in women’s healthcare.

Federal grant to advance brain stroke research

David Danelski — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Kaveh Laksari, a UC Riverside assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop predictive models for stroke treatment strategies using data from patient brain scans.

Students design & build affordable, energy-efficient home

David Danelski — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800

A groups of UCR undergraduate students design and build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity so wisely it doesn’t need to be connected to the grid.

How drones can help dairy farms manage methane emissions

Holly Ober — Fri, 06 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Accurate atmospheric measurements directly over their farm can help farmers fight climate change

Scalable quantum computing research supported by $2 million grant

Holly Ober — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Project aims to make quantum computers easier to produce and operable at room temperature

Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements

Holly Ober — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

“Airhead” robot uses pneumatic RAM to play piano

Chance meeting spawned a tech startup for these engineering students

Holly Ober — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Friends Mahmood Shaheen and Nathaniel Ortiz are taking recycling to the next level

UC Riverside offers UC system's first master's degree in robotics

Holly Ober — Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Algorithmic bias is one problem the program will tackle

Electromagnetic levitation whips nanomaterials into shape

Holly Ober — Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Electromagnetic field directs shape formed by gas phase metal molecules

California’s worst wildfires are helping improve air quality prediction

Holly Ober — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700

New method measures and predicts air quality in areas with insufficient monitoring

Optical pre-processing makes computer vision more robust and energy efficient

Holly Ober — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Hybrid neural network can reconstruct Arabic or Japanese characters that it hasn’t seen before

Switching magnetic polarity at record speed

Holly Ober — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Researchers develop way to use magnetic materials for data storage that is 50 times faster than previous attempts

UC Riverside receives $7.5 million to improve large-scale networked systems

Holly Ober — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700

New Department of Defense Center of Excellence will help develop secure, fully networked command, control, and communications infrastructures

Making mezcal is an art; science shows us why

Holly Ober — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Experiments show how bubbles indicate alcohol value

Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage

Holly Ober — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for energy storage

UC Riverside joins new NSF center for the preservation of biological systems

Holly Ober — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700

The grant is the campus’ first successful bid for an NSF Engineering Research Center