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Sustainable agriculture. Shows two hands and a plant in between.

UCR awarded $1.5M for sustainable agriculture initiatives

Three interrelated projects have been funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 25, 2024 | Science / Technology
Graduate students

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 15, 2024 | Science / Technology
Tropical cream

How your skin tone could affect your meds

Perspective paper offers insights into impact of skin pigmentation on drug efficacy and safety

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 10, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
Karine Le Roch and her research team

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. A team led...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 26, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
A beach

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 20, 2024 | Science / Technology
Substance abuse - alcohol, cigarettes and drugs

UCR medical school develops new curriculum to address substance use crisis

Nearly 6,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in California in 2021, many due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. To address the crisis, a team of researchers in the School of Medicine, or SOM, at the University of California, Riverside, plans to develop and implement a curriculum that offers education on substance...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 19, 2024 | Health
Man eating a burger

Like father, like daughter

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds fathers on unhealthy diets can cause cardiovascular disease in their daughters

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 10, 2024 | Health

Unconventional interface superconductor could benefit quantum computing

New material developed by UC Riverside-led team offers promise for developing more scalable and reliable quantum computing components

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 23, 2024 | Science / Technology
brain scans

How does traumatic brain injury progress to Alzheimer’s disease?

An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 8, 2024 | Health

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
Path of the Lyman alpha forest sightline

New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence

UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
Girl experiencing social anxiety

Clinical psychologist’s book addresses largely ignored problem: social anxiety

Only half of individuals with social anxiety ever seek treatment, says author Thomas E. Brown

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 23, 2024 | Health
Digital gaming on vaping devices

Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction

Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 22, 2024 | Health
Overweight man

Brain changes linked to obesity result in low sperm count

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds primary site of obesity’s effects on reproductive function is the brain

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 18, 2024 | Health

With spin centers, quantum computing takes a step forward

New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
Big data connection technology

Making ferromagnets ready for ultra-fast communication and computation technology

UC Riverside-led research has potential to unlock terahertz processing power

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 13, 2024 | Science / Technology
Dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

How did a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way come to be?

Crater 2, located approximately 380,000 light years from Earth, is one of the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. Extremely cold and with slow-moving stars, Crater 2 has low surface brightness. How this galaxy originated remains unclear. “Since its discovery in 2016, there have been many attempts to reproduce...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
Bird flu

With H5N1 detected in dairy cows, is it safe to drink milk?

Scott Pegan at UC Riverside shares his thoughts on how safe our milk supply is

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 10, 2024 | Health
Interior of Hulen Place Clinic

Gift to UCR clinic aims to assist local unhoused population

Funding from San Manuel Band of Mission Indians grants greater medical access to low-income residents

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 1, 2024 | Health
US-Mexico border

Location, location, location

How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 26, 2024 | Health
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