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Bruce Babcock with UCR's School of Public Policy in the Wall Street Journal discussing wildfire impacts on housing construction in California.

“It’s expensive to send food up to astronauts, so ideally, we want them to grow some of their own food,” says UCR's Robert Jinkerson.

Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences David Lo explores the connection between Salton Sea dust and the region’s poor respiratory health.

UCR's Prue Talbot and Jon Wong say e-cigarettes doubling as gaming devices put youth at risk for addiction.

William Grover, associate professor of bioengineering, led the development of an air-powered sensor that issues a wind-powered warning when a critical medical device fails.

Xóchitl Chávez, assistant professor in the Department of Music, interviewed by Palabra, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' multimedia news site.

Extended heatwaves have left forests in California and Canada tinder-dry, setting the stage for more intense and fast-moving fires. According to James Gomez, a PhD student studying wildfires at UCR, warmer air draws more water from vegetation, leaving it drier and more flammable. When lightning strikes, there is more fuel for it to burn.

UCR researchers Prue Talbot and Jon Wong have sounded the alarm on next-gen vapes.