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Entomologist Dong-Hwan Choe shares his thoughts on the latest breakthroughs in drywood termite attractants and inspection tools aimed at improving drywood termite management.

UCR molecular biochemist Adam Jozwiak led a team that found an example of "reverse evolution" in tomatoes in the Galápagos, a finding that shows nature is more flexible than previously understood.

Political scientist Shaun Bowler offers perspective on Arnold Schwarzenegger's opposition to Prop 50.

New research from UC Riverside's Emma Aronson and David Lo has found that breathing Salton Sea dust particles can quickly reshape the microscopic world inside the lungs. It is the first time a study has shown lung microbiome changes that occur in response to something other than a virus or bacteria.

A new pair of UC Riverside studies reveals that well-being across Southern California’s Inland Empire lags behind national levels.

UC Riverside researcher and author Dana Simmons says the effects of famine are not easily reversed.

UCR paleontologist Karma Nanglu helped lead a team of researchers in the first-ever discovery of its kind, a leech fossil showing the species likely preceded dinosaurs by 200 million years.

UC Riverside student Joanna Fuerte interviews Basic Needs coordinator Vivian Gonzalez about the student-run program at UCR dedicated to helping students facing food insecurity and the dining halls’ food waste.

A study by UC Riverside's Dr. Lisa Fortuna detailing lasting harms from immigration policy is referenced in an article about California immigration raid.

SOE professor Katherine Meltzoff's autism Q&A in Psychology Today.

The Press-Enterprise newspaper profiles S. Jack Hu, UC Riverside's 10th chancellor. 

Carlos Cortés writes about creating the story and how his characters came to be.

Planting more trees is often seen as one of the simplest ways to fight climate change, and it is. But a new study from UCR's James Gomez and Robert Allen shows that exactly where trees are planted matters just as much as how many are planted.

Permafrost underlies upwards of of 85 percent of Alaska’s landmass, and its melting due to climate change is causing serious ecological damage. A new study co-authored by UCR's Tim Lyons looks at just one Arctic watershed and found that melting permafrost imperils fish within the river, endangers insect larvae along the riverbed, which are salmon spawning grounds, and causes increased food stress for animals living along the river.

UCR researchers are addressing the problem of weakened safety in open-source artificial intelligence models when adapted for smaller devices.

UCR’s Will Porter criticized decades of Salton Sea environmental studies for focusing on wildlife while neglecting the human impact.

Political scientist Nicolas Napolio on presidential responses to natural disasters.

UCR entomologists confirmed the existence of a previously undescribed species of subterranean termite in Southern California.

UCR’s Will Porter weighs in on the potential for dust storms like the one that recently struck Phoenix.

The Earth and Planetary Sciences Department's James Gomez and Robert Allen authored a study that found more cooling from planting in warm, wet regions, where trees grow year-round.