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 process called “steam hydro-gasification,” which cleanly burns the waste in a pressurized reactor at nearly 1,400 degrees.
Through the , system, carbon-based materials, such as garden...
A new computer model created by UCR Sociologist Robert Nash Parker and Indio Police Chief Richard P. Twiss will allow law enforcement agencies to better predict where a crime is likely to occur by analyzing data of hotspot crime locations.
The Indio Police Department (IPD) has addressed burglary and other crime-related activities within the city, based on the data found....
UCR economics professor receives $70,000 grant
UCR associate professor Steven Helfand has been awarded $70,000 from the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The money will be used to research the efficacy of PROGAVIAO, a UN-funded program designed to alleviate rural poverty in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil.
“IFAD’s mission is to help the poorest of the...
UCR: Scientists identifies what makes insect repellant work
DEET is a major ingredient used in insect repellents, and entomologists have struggled to find an answer to why insects are repelled by this colorless, oily liquid and more specifically, which olfactory receptors insects use to sense DEET.
But recently, researchers at the University of California, Riverside made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying...
UCR: Deceased male guppies store sperm for almost a year
Researchers from UC Riverside have found that female Trinidadian guppies are able to store sperm cells inside their bodies for at least 10 months until the optimal conditions to fertilize their eggs are met.
Since female guppies live on average six to eight times longer than their male counterparts — two...
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 to UCR Today, through comparisons of his own work with researchers who worked with isolated bacteria, Marcus discovered that “the E. coli strain in the...
UC Riverside: Entomologist names new wasp species after UC Riverside
A research project in Russia has led to the discovery of a new wasp species. The entomologist behind the discovery is UC Riverside’s very own Serguei V. Triapitsyn, principal museum scientist at the Entomology Research Museum on campus. Triapitsyn has named the species Gonatocerus UCRi, after our school. The name...