UCR researchers have made strides in preparing a battery with 10 times more power than conventional batteries for commercialization. The research team has found a way to combat the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery’s short lifespan, one of the major obstacles to Li-S batteries becoming widely available.
Every battery contains two electrodes, the negative anode (the “minus side”) and the positive cathode...
Distinguished biogeochemistry professor Timothy Lyons has been honored as a 2015 Geochemical Fellow by the Geochemical Society (GS) and the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG). He is one of 10 professors this year to be selected from different universities around the world, and was given this title due to his career-long contributions to geochemical research.
“The GS and the EAG...
UCR researchers have received $1.7 million to research the cause of Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, an incurable citrus disease that has devastated millions of plants across the world. The research is aimed at detecting and controlling the citrus psyllid, a small, flying insect that carries the bacterium, and is part of a $30 million grant from...
UCR researchers will receive $835,000 of a $9 million grant over a span of three years to study the cardiovascular effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on two species of fish, the coastal redfish and pelagic mahi mahi. The rest of the grant will go to the University of Miami — who is leading the project —...
The Yin Group, a UCR-based research team, recently published an article related to the development of reusable paper in the academic journal “Nature Communications” on Dec. 2. Led by Yadong Yin, the research could potentially pave the way for the marketable mass production of a type of paper with a smaller environmental footprint.
The paper — available in shades of...
A research group that includes UCR Botany and Plant Sciences postdoctoral research fellow Katia Silvera has received $469,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on an unusual form of photosynthesis found in plants that inhabit dry places.
Plants that live in dry climates utilize Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), a type of photosynthesis that increases the...
A study led by a former UCR entomologist suggests that, contrary to popular belief, spider bites do not lead to bacterial infections in humans. Headed by spider expert and retired UCR staff research associate Richard S. Vetter, the study could contradict thousands of spider bite diagnoses doled out by the medical community in cases where skin infections are assumed...
As students across the university anxiously await the end of quarter and a new year, UC Riverside psychology professor Dr. Kate Sweeny has helped determine which time periods and for whom periods of waiting are difficult for. This research, in turn, may help determine appropriate coping strategies for those who are waiting for uncertain news.
The project involved 50 law...
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 30,000 deaths annually.
According to Dr. Messaoudi, the goal of the project was to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which the yellow fever...
UCR psychologist Sara Mednick and her team of researchers have received about $2.7 million in federal funding for her research on sleep and its importance on memory. Mednick’s research focuses on the effects of Ambien on college-age people’s ability to learn and the effects of Ritalin and Adderall on the cognition of people serving in the military. The funding...