Research by UCR neuroscientist Margarita Curras-Collazo and Elena Kozlova, neuroscience doctoral student, finds that flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic.
Andrea Polonijo, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health, talks about asymptomatic spread of the virus, and about helping underserved populations to get tested.
KVCR interviews Political Science Professor Francisco Pedraza about record voter turnout during the pandemic, what is at stake for American democracy, and more.
Daniel Archuleta, a history doctoral student, is among those taking advantage of pandemic downtime to learn new languages like Cahuilla through UCR's new foreign language series.
Andres Gonzalez, chief medical officer at UCR Health, comments on UCR's participation in testing a free new app designed to slow the spread of COVID-19.
After an asteroid that caused dinosaurs to go extinct, what saved Earth’s oceans may have been a type of algae that could hunt for food, explains Andrew Ridgwell, professor of earth system science.
Psychology professor Kate Sweeny, who studies the psychology of waiting, explains the difference between defensive pessimism and bracing for the worst.
Geologist Andrew Ridgwell's new paper explains how algae survived in the darkness after an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. "It is the ultimate Halloween story – when the lights go out, everyone starts eating each other."
Rita Kohli, an associate professor of education, explains that dismissing certain names as too hard to pronounce is tied to racism and other forms of oppression.
Brandon Brown, associate professor in the School of Medicine, provides a refresher on the reasons indoor spaces are more likely environments for COVID-19 to spread.