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Trump's Immigration Crackdown Causing Children 'Profound' Harm—Study

Newsweek | August 8, 2025
U.S. and foreign-born children are experiencing a mental health crisis and are at risk of "profound emotional harm" due to current immigration polices that include widespread detainments, workplace raids and large-scale deportations, according researchers at UCR's School of Medicine.
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Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise

Grist | August 6, 2025
This story cites a recent study by researchers at UCR who found that homes built in subsiding regions lost 2.4 percent to 5.8 percent of value compared to homes on more stable ground.
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See air quality conditions near California wildfires with interactive map

ABC7 Eyewitness News | August 5, 2025
David Lo, a UCR professor who studies air pollution, explains that smoke from wildfires contains fine particulate matter, which can pose serious health risks.
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It’s tarantula mating season. Where you can spot the spider and how to avoid getting bit

The Los Angeles Times | August 4, 2025
One indicator of a possible tarantula sighting is a Tarantula hawk wasp buzzing around. According to UCR Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist Doug Yanega, one of these wasps is much easier to spot than a famously shy tarantula.
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China’s success in cleaning up air pollution may have accelerated global warming: Study

WCBD-TV Charleston | July 14, 2025
Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study led by UCR climatology professor Bob Allen has found.
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Some Tomatoes Are Evolving Backwards in Real Time, Scientists Find

Popular Mechanics | July 9, 2025
A new study led by molecular biochemist Adam Jozwiak at UCR compares tomatoes from eastern and western islands of the Galápagos — that famous island chain that inspired Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory nearly 200 years ago. They found the tomatoes on the western islands are creating natural pesticide alkaloid molecules similar to eggplant relatives from millions of years ago, seemingly reversing evolution.
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Something Strange Is Happening to Tomatoes Growing on the Galápagos Islands

Smithsonian Magazine | July 9, 2025
Adam Jozwiak, a UCR biochemist, led a study showing tomatoes growing on the Galápagos Islands appear to be going back in time by producing the same toxins their ancestors did millions of years ago.
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Scientists behind threatened NASA missions explain what’s at stake

The Planetary Society | July 7, 2025
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane explains how the DAVINCI mission to Venus is imperiled by the budget cuts proposed for NASA, and what knowledge will be lost if the mission is cancelled. Hint: there's a lot about Earth's future we may not be able to predict without more info on our twin planet.
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