Inland Edition speaks with UCR virologist Juliet Morrison about the dropping of the mask mandate, whether we should be masking and if it really helps control the spread of the virus.
Milt McGiffen, UCR professor of botany and plant sciences, plans to test the a product that could help farmers reduce fertilizer use. If it is effective, he'll introduce it in California and the Midwest, where farmers are under pressure to cut their use of fertilizer to reduce runoff into major waterways.
Carol Park, a researcher at UCR's Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies, says more scholarly attention needs to be paid to Asian Americans in areas like Riverside. There is an outsized focus on major metropolitan areas. "We are not their backyard," she said.
Joshua trees face multiple threats, including people stealing them from the national park that bears their name. Research by ecologist Lynn Sweet shows the trees could cease to exist by end of century as a result of unchecked climate change.
UCR entomologist Quinn McFrederick was part of a team that discovered some 'vulture' bees in Costa Rica that feed on meat and have guts rich in acid-loving bacteria similar to those found in hyenas.
UCR geneticist Julia Bailey-Serres led a team that mapped out rice's response to drought and flooding, in order to help it survive in both climate extremes.
KVCR interviews John Jennings, professor of media and cultural studies, regarding the first-ever Mini Comic Fest held at UC Riverside Culver Center of the Arts.
Paleobiologist Mary Droser will co-lead NASA's new research coordination network looking for clues about life on other planets by delving into Earth's ancient past.
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.