Researchers have uncovered how to manipulate electrical flow through crystalline silicon, a discovery that could lead to ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

The "Carry the Class" teaching method helps college students master concepts while fostering a sense of ownership through ...

Four years ago, a friend recommended the Riverside Free Clinic to John Ciulla. A resident of Rialto, Ciulla, 65, has been a ...

For a decade, scientists have believed that plants sensed temperature mainly through specialized proteins, and mainly at night when the air is cool. New research suggests that during the day, another ...

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter. A new study finds that introducing a simple, renewable chemical to the ...

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 ...

Astronomers explain origin of elusive ultradiffuse galaxies UC Riverside astronomer and colleagues use simulations to reveal how the very faint dwarf galaxies are born ...

Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water Water disinfectant reacts with chromium in iron pipes to form hexavalent chromium ...

A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a UC Riverside experiment.

Artificial intelligence is bringing the dead back to ‘life’ — but should it? UCR experts discuss the technological and ethical implications of using AI to deepfake the deceased.

The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, legs, or arms, but pieces of them remain inside of us today, new research shows. Fossil of Dickinsonia, an Ediacaran-era animal. (Mary ...