Marilyn Fogel, endowed UCR geoecology professor, was dubbed the “isotope queen” for illuminating fundamental scientific questions through analysis of atomic isotope ratios. She died May 11 at her home in Mariposa, Calif.
David Eastmond, UCR toxicologist and professor emeritus, worries about the risk posed by repeated exposure to benzene. It is the combined exposure from multiple sources that poses the biggest health risks, he said.
Boris Baer, a professor of pollinator health, keeps bees on campus. He says last year UCR lost 90% of its bees last year due to pesticide use in the area.
Scientists from three UCR agricultural research departments used CRISPR to change the eye color of the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Their work opens the door to new genetic tools to end the insect’s bacteria-spreading reign of terror and save countless vulnerable vineyards from infection.
Robert Jinkerson, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, has new research offering clues on how to save coral reefs being killed by climate change and ocean warming.
Kurt Schwabe, an environmental economics and policy professor, explains that just because one source of water isn't imperiled doesn't mean people can feel free to waste water. “That is not the case; it seems like if there's ever a time to play it a bit safer, now is the time," he said.
An intersection adjacent to John Marshall High School in Los Feliz was dedicated Tuesday as Dr. Barry Barish Square, honoring the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who graduated from the school, and serves as UCR distinguished professor of physics and astronomy.
Mycologists Sydney Glassman and Dylan Enright share the fascinating photo of a fungus they found thriving in the soil after 2016's Soberanes megafire in Monterey County.
While California’s March unemployment rate of 4.9% remained one of the nation’s highest, it’s dropped sharply since the depths of the COVID-triggered recession of two years ago. “You’re seeing ‘help wanted signs’ everywhere,” said Christopher Thornberg, director of the UCR of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development.
Kurt Schwabe, associate dean and professor in UCR's School of Public Policy, says California should enforce more strict water reduction rules for consumers than it currently is. “The water we have now is 40% lower than the worst-case scenario in the models ever predicted,” he said.
Thomas Dickson, assistant vice provost for undergraduate education, tells Ed Surge that he doesn't feel remote or flexible work arrangements compromise the student experience at all. In most cases, he believes remote options only serve to expand access for many student services areas.
Vaccine misinformation will harm our ability to respond to future pandemics, and have made responding to this one more difficult as well, said Richard Carpiano, a UCR public health scientist who studies issues surrounding vaccine uptake.
John Jennings, professor of media and cultural studies, and Stacey Robinson, an artist and professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, are creating original art rooted in hip-hop and Afrofuturism.
Sydney Glassman, UCR mycologist, tells ABC News that microbes are key to any restoration effort after a fire. Her work is furthering the understanding of fungi and bacteria that transform post-fire soil and supply plants with nutrients.
KPCC/LAist interviews Brian Haynes, vice chancellor of Student Affairs and student Yvonne Chamberlain Marquez for a story regarding the student parent experience.
Brandon Brown, M.D. and associate professor in the Department of Social Medicine, Population and Public Health, says it is still safer to wear a mask in public, regardless if those around you are not wearing one.
Poonam Jot Deol, cell biologist, Frances Sladek, toxicologist, and Margarita Curras-Collazo, neuroscientist, found that America's most commonly used oil - soybean oil - induces obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, and fatty liver in mice.
UCR environmental scientist Cameron Barrows says we can't ignore what Joshua trees are trying to tell us as they're finding it harder and harder to survive.