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UC Riverside's Dong-Hwan Choe Shares Research Breakthroughs in Termite Technology
Pest Control Technology |November 3, 2025
Entomologist Dong-Hwan Choe shares his thoughts on the latest breakthroughs in drywood termite attractants and inspection tools aimed at improving drywood termite management.
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Tomatoes in the Galápagos appear to be evolving backward. Here’s what it could mean
CNN |October 30, 2025
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.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Become Gavin Newsom’s Toughest Opponent Yet
The Wall Street Journal |October 29, 2025
Political scientist Shaun Bowler offers perspective on Arnold Schwarzenegger's opposition to Prop 50.
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Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes after just one week
Imperial Valley Press |October 28, 2025
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.
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Majority of Inland Empire residents describe themselves as ‘struggling’
KTLA |October 23, 2025
A new pair of UC Riverside studies reveals that well-being across Southern California’s Inland Empire lags behind national levels.
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What Comes After Starvation in Gaza?
The New Yorker |October 18, 2025
UC Riverside researcher and author Dana Simmons says the effects of famine are not easily reversed.
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Leeches may be 200 million years older than we thought—and haven’t always sucked blood
Smithsonian Magazine |October 6, 2025
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.