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Concerns about Riverside's iconic citrus groves have sidetracked the city's plan to bolster drinking-water supplies by irrigating the trees with treated wastewater.
It takes a community of leaders to make valley grow, prosper
We are in a unique position at The Desert Sun. Most people in the Coachella Valley see us as their largest provider of local news and advertisements.
Perspectives: Higher ed, lower funding: Cal Grants are key to accessibility
The University of California Student Association is the official student voice of more than 225,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students to the state Legislature, UC Office of the President and the UC Board of Regents.
Literacy Festival aims to uplift valley youth
A network of education and youth groups in the area hope to promote reading and literacy in general with a Literacy Festival to be held Nov.
How Symbiotic Bacteria Evolve: Free Public Lecture At UC Riverside
Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Biology / Biochemistry Symbiotic bacteria, which thrive on all plants and animals, are a key yet poorly understood facet of our natural world.
Synthetic Cellulosome May Improve Fermentation
A team of researchers led by UC Riverside Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which has the potential to improve the production of renewable fuel.
Study of alternate bearing presents recommendations for citrus growers
Alternate bearing is the tendency of fruit trees to produce a heavy crop one year followed by a light crop or no crop the following "off-crop" year.
Valley may soon be a health care nexus
Rays of sun the Coachella Valley wants to harness danced off the reflective glass windows as Selina Moreno bounded into an intro-to-chemistry class at the California State University, San Bernardino campus in Palm Desert.
5K run to raise funds for start of improvement of Guatemalan village's water system
It's one of our most precious resources - pure water - and local students are trying to deliver it to a small village in Guatemala.
UC Riverside Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast; ...
A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast which is much more ethanol-tolerant than the bacteria in which these structures are normally found.
New Wrinkle In Ancient Ocean Chemistry
Called the "Great Oxidation Event" , the oxygen spike marks an important milestone in Earth's history, the transformation from an oxygen-poor atmosphere to an oxygen-rich one paving the way for complex life to develop on the planet.
Premiere of 'Detention of the Dead' at Beverly Hills Playhouse
The Katselas Theatre Company Presents A World Premiere Comedy...With a Bite! DETENTION OF THE DEAD By Robert Rinow Directed by Alex Craig Mann Produced by Gary Grossman Opens Saturday, November 7 at 10PM At the Beverly Hills Playhouse Research Space The Katselas Theatre Company continues its landmark 2009-2010 Season with the World Premiere of ...
10/29 Radio Intifada 3pm: BDS Movement and Palestine's "South Africa Movement?"
We will be discussing both the international and local campaigns with: Omar Barghouti , independent Palestinian researcher and human rights activist, Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel .
University names first leader of its medical program
UC Riverside has named a founding dean for its developing medical school, a job that includes not only recruiting students but keeping them as local practitioners after they graduate.
Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled
Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled Arnold Taylor, an organic flax grower and Chair of the Organic Agriculture Protection Fund of the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, looks over his crop at his farm near Kenaston, Sask.
ANI ANI ANI How plants survive droughts A team of biologists in California led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California , San Diego, has solved the structure of a critical molecule that helps plants survive during droughts.
Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Sports Medicine / Fitness Biologist Theodore Garland will give an hour-long lecture, titled "Born to Run: Evolution of Hyperactivity in Mice," at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct.
Blueprint offers action plan for achieving goals
The Coachella Valley Economic Blueprint is a 106-page strategy viewed by proponents as a living, breathing document for change.
New molecules created by UC Riverside chemists have wide applications
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have successfully created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions.
People can now learn to use ESRI software from anywhere in the world. The Redlands-based company now offers instructor-led training by video at its learning centers around the country.
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