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How long is hantavirus contagious? What to know about quarantine
Scott Pegan, a professor of biomedical sciences at the UC Riverside School of Medicine, said that the Andes strain of hantavirus is not in the same category as measles or SARS-CoV-2 because it is not as contagious, nor is it considered airborne.
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Scientists crushed fruit flies with extreme gravity. Something strange happened next.
Vice |May 9, 2026
According to a new UCR study from UCR's Sushmita Arumugam Amogh and Ysabel Giraldo in the Department of Entomology, fruit flies not only survive in hypergravity conditions, they manage to thrive and reproduce, too.
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You’re probably safe from the Hantavirus outbreak, but here’s what you absolutely must not do, experts say
About the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, Scott Pegan in UCR's School of Medicine says, “If they weren’t on a cruise ship in a small container, then it wouldn’t have supported itself in spreading.”
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Accidental lab discovery reveals bed bugs are terrified of this simple thing
UCR entomologist Dong Hwan Choe's lab accidentally discovers that bed bugs avoid water at all costs.
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Southern California teachers grapple with Cesar Chavez’s newly complicated legacy
Miguel Zavala, an associate professor of teaching at UC Riverside, talks about how academic teachings about the farmworkers movement may shift following allegations against labor rights icon Cesar Chavez.
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43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.
UC Riverside microbiologist Michael Allen set gophers loose on a patch of land destroyed after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, hoping they would kick up bacteria and fungi. It worked, and the benefits to the land can still be seen more than four decades later.
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How Old Philosophers Are When Their Influence Peaks?
When do philosophers exert their greatest influence? According to Eric Schwitzgebel, they peak typically in mid-to-late career.
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Wildflower bloom: Here's a checklist of Southern California favorites
Exequiel Ezcurra, professor emeritus of ecology at University of California, Riverside, discusses some must-see wildflowers in Southern California.