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Researchers use nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones, bringing scientists closer to developing photodynamic treatments for cancer

New big data algorithms improve earthquake detection; monitor livestock health and agricultural pests

The world’s most influential scientific researchers in 2019 include 10 current UCR scholars. In its annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers — those whose work was most often referenced by other scientific research papers for the preceding decade in 21 fields across the sciences and social...

UC Riverside-led study could lead to the development of drugs that target liver and other cancers

Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system – or life on that planet. What’s more, the view from that Earth-like planet as its giant neighbor moves past would be unlike anything it is...

UC Riverside-led team overcomes a stumbling block in this relatively new technology

Work by international research team could have wide-ranging impact on information technology applications

A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to help plants hold onto water, which could stem the tide of massive annual crop losses from drought and help farmers grow food despite a changing climate. “Drought is the No. 1 cause, closely tied with flooding, of annual crop failures worldwide,”...

UC Riverside-led research on fruit fly could lead to better understanding of how taste information is coded in the brain

If you’re eating fruits, nuts, grains, or vegetables in a few years, you’ll likely owe a debt of gratitude to UC Riverside. The university has created a program to transition today’s undergraduates into professional scientists solving tomorrow’s farming challenges. The program, called Plants-3D, will train students to discover, design, and...

UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation

UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud

UC Riverside and City of Hope awarded Department of Defense grants for the collaborative project

UC Riverside-led research brings rapid and reversible switching of plasmonic color to solids

UCR’s Community Garden will host its inaugural Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 26.

UC Riverside study analyzed six popular e-cigarette tanks and their atomizers

Unique expertise of UC Riverside scientists helped make the discovery

UC Riverside researchers are helping the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eliminate animal testing

Summer break does not translate into idle hours for these three UC Riverside students. For Bela Mendoza, a three-month summer internship with Riverside’s Operation SafeHouse, a youth emergency shelter, has given her an inside look at how to make a bigger — and more positive — impact in the lives...

Abhijit Ghosh, UCR associate professor of geophysics, is racing to understand everything he can about the fault that was unknown until it produced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on July 5. Ghosh's work could help officials prepare for the next big shake.