UCR researcher discovers new species of orchid

A new species of orchid was discovered by UCR postdoctoral scholar Katia Silvera while she was on a field trip with her father, Gaspara Silvera, in the mountainous regions of central Panama back in...

UCR professor to research if urban trees save water

In light of California’s long-standing drought, UCR professor of botany and plant sciences, Darrel Jenerette, is beginning an urban tree project to determine if cooling provided by urban trees saves water. Data has been...

The Lab: research from UCR and the UC system

UCR: Graduate student constructs “human colon simulation” Ian Marcus, a former graduate student from UCR's Bourns College of Engineering, spent nearly a year constructing a replica of a human colon, septic tank and groundwater. According...

UCR researcher discusses extraterrestrials and efforts to ‘phone’ them

UCR postdoctoral physics and astronomy scholar Leo Winkler gave a presentation discussing potential extraterrestrial life, civilizations and the possibility of communicating with them last Thursday. The two-hour lecture was given in Room 206 of...

Tracking the evolution of life with Gordon Love

Cosmic Thursdays continued on November 12 with a lecture entitled “Evolution of Life: Tracking Using Ancient Lipid Biomarkers Preserved in Petroleum and Rocks.” The talk was given by Gordon Love, a professor in the...

UCR researchers make breakthrough in yellow fever

A research team led by UCR Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi recently made a breakthrough in the management and detection of yellow fever, a tropical disease responsible for 200,000 infections and...

UCR’s waste-to-energy system reduces harmful pollutants

UCR engineers showcased an energy conversion system at the UC’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), which can turn agricultural or human waste into a form of clean energy. The system uses a...

The Lab: UCR researcher 3-D prints the cosmic web

UCR physics and astronomy researcher Miguel Aragon-Calvo has created a 3-D printed model of the cosmic web — a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of...

UCR paleontologists unearth missing part of ancient fossils

What did the first multicellular animals of early Earth resemble? A recent discovery that specimens of the fossil Dickinsonia were fragmented due to being lifted off the seafloor by ancient currents propelled a team...

UCR professor creates self-healing polymer

Chao Wang, associate professor of chemistry, has recently synthesized a new type of artificial polymer using coordination complexes that can self-heal at a wide range of temperatures, as well as after repeated compromises in...