46+ min ago  (422+ words) Soil fungi virtually untouched beneath scorched earth When the Dome Fire tore through the Mojave Desert in 2020, it reduced one million Eastern Joshua trees to blackened skeletons. Scientists expected the underground ecosystem to be equally devastated. Instead, they found it…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago  (627+ words) Qu VET at UC Riverside studies how quantum wave functions move through ultra-thin materials Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials " research that could eventually improve solar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (637+ words) UC Riverside study shows how the brain abandons outdated strategies and adapts to new rules Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (733+ words) Nightjars reveal a hidden language of sound Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, producing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (582+ words) Experimental testing on human lungs could improve ventilators For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study directed by UC…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (629+ words) UC Riverside and tech industry computer scientists identify troubling flaws Computer scientists at UC Riverside have identified troubling flaws in a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed to take over routine computer chores while users are away " sorting…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (534+ words) International study used data from the James Web Space Telescope Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (634+ words) Life leaves a pattern, not just a trace For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking for on other planets or moons? A new study, published in Nature…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (592+ words) Distinguished UCR faculty weighs in on the firings Amidst the many attention-grabbing headlines of 2026, there is a recent one that may have flown under the radar but shouldn't have. On April 24, the White House dismissed the entire 22-person board that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (647+ words) Study shows how the primary cilium may shape the developing brain and drive disease A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into developmental disorders and potential therapies....