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Stopping plants from passing viruses to their progeny

Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier crops. The discovery could also help reduce the transmission of diseases from mothers to human children.

By Jules Bernstein | September 19, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Elections 2024: On crime and morality

Two experts weigh-in on why morals are important in political candidates and what a criminal background means.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | September 19, 2024 | Social Science / Education
UCR Chancellor, Kim A. Wilcox

Chancellor Wilcox announces plans to retire in 2025

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox has announced that he will retire in the summer of 2025 after nearly 12 years leading the university. Wilcox led UCR during a season in which it emerged as one of America’s leading research universities and the national leader of the social mobility and...

By Johnny Cruz | September 19, 2024 | University
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UCR medical school develops new curriculum to address substance use crisis

Nearly 6,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in California in 2021, many due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. To address the crisis, a team of researchers in the School of Medicine, or SOM, at the University of California, Riverside, plans to develop and implement a curriculum that offers education on substance...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 19, 2024 | Health
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