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Graphene has emerged as one of the most promising two-dimensional crystals, but the future of electronics may include two other nanomaterials, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Georgia. In research published Monday (July 4) in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers described the integration of three very different two-dimensional (2D) materials to yield a simple, compact, and fast voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) device.

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Latinos and Asian Americans are the least likely to have a say in California’s politics, during election cycles and year round. That is one of the key findings of a new report by Advancement Project and the UC Riverside School of Public Policy.

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An international team of researchers led by UC Riverside anthropologist Travis Stanton will begin excavating household sites along a causeway on the Yucatán Peninsula next summer to determine how life changed for thousands of people who lived along what was the longest road in the ancient Maya world.

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Drawing from research supported by The Immortality Project at the University of California, Riverside and their own investigation, philosophers John Martin Fischer and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin examine the phenomenon of near-death experiences in a book published this month by Oxford University Press.

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A team of sleep researchers at the University of California, Riverside, led by psychology professor Sara C. Mednick, has found that the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for control of bodily functions not consciously directed (such as breathing, heartbeat, and digestive processes) plays a role in promoting memory consolidation – the process of converting information from short-term to long-term memory – during sleep.

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A new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and the University of Louisville has examined how consumers’ beliefs about karma influence their responses to charitable appeals in advertising. The findings show that people who believe in karma, despite seeing the positive benefits of doing good deeds, do not always respond favorably. The results suggest advertisers and marketers should consider customers’ karmic beliefs when seeking to incentivize pro-social behaviors.

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Researchers in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have found that TNF-alpha, a proinflammatory molecule and protein produced by the body’s cells during infection, also promotes healing. A player in autoimmune diseases, TNF-alpha performs this dual role by promoting the immune system regulatory responses, which it does by first inducing immune surveillance cells, called M cells. The finding could lead to more targeted drug therapies for treating diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.

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Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, has been named Mark and Pam Rubin Dean and Chief Executive Officer for Clinical Affairs of the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

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Two invasive species of tumbleweed have hybridized to create a new species of tumbleweed that University of California, Riverside researchers found has dramatically expanded its geographic range in California in just a decade.

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UCR study shows biomass grown in areas of poor air quality releases more pollutants when burned than biomass grown in clean air.

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As Jeanette Kohl, chair of the art history department at the University of California, Riverside gazed at the marble bust of a little boy at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles something just didn’t fit for her. Turns out, Kohl’s instincts were correct, and the 15th century bust titled “Saint Cyricus” does not depict the child martyr, but rather a different child, Simon of Trent, who disappeared on Easter of 1475 and was soon found dead. Given Kohl’s thorough research, the Getty plans to change the label and identification of the important sculpture.

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Anyone who has ever wondered how humans became meat eaters, why so many adults are lactose-intolerant, or the physiological impacts of walking upright will find intriguing answers in a new book by UC Riverside paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee.

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Motivated by hundreds of false convictions, many states and law enforcement agencies have reformed eyewitness identification procedures. Reforms that California adopted were based on solid science while some it resisted were on shaky ground.

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In first-of-its-kind study, UC Riverside engineers quantify amount of Android root exploits available in commercial software and show that they can be easily abused