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Thick smog hovers over a highway during rush hour traffic.

A Community-Centered Approach to Air Quality Assessment  

By Elyse DeFranco | May 25, 2023 | Blog, Featured researchers

Researchers from DRI and UNLV teamed up with a Las Vegas community concerned about a neighboring asphalt plant to measure their air quality.

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texas soybean field

Come Rain or Shine: Rainwater Harvesting for Food Production in the Face of Drought

By Guadalupe Alvarez | Apr 21, 2023 | Blog, Featured researchers

Brianda Hernandez Rosales examined the use of rainwater harvesting to support food sovereignty for the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

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The Loyalton fire creeps down a hillside in Washoe County.

DRI Student Interns Explore Northern Nevada’s Natural Hazards

By Guadalupe Alvarez | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Featured researchers

In this story, we highlight the work of DRI interns Phillips Nguyen and Alexius Jessup-Raju, two students from Truckee Meadows Community College, as they explore natural hazards and their impacts on house ownership and aquatic environments.

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A child pours fills jugs with well water in Ghana.

DRI Student Interns Join Efforts to Improve Drinking Water Access in Ghanaian Communities

By Guadalupe Alvarez | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog, Featured researchers

Braimah Apambire's student interns studied water and sanitation improvement for Ghanaian communities during the fall 2022 semester.

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Female scientist testing water samples in lab

DRI Opens Doors to Careers in Scientific Research with Student Internship Program

By DRI Communications | Jan 19, 2023 | Blog, Featured researchers

Erick Bandala's student interns studied ways to filter excess fluorides from drinking water during the fall 2022 semester.

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tropical reservoir in Mexico

New research examines the potential impacts of climate change on water quality in tropical reservoirs

By DRI Communications | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog, Featured researchers

In a new study, scientists including DRI's Erick Bandala, Ph.D., address how a warming climate alter water quality in tropical reservoirs.

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Growing numbers of Native American households in Nevada face plumbing poverty, water quality problems

By DRI Communications | Sep 7, 2022 | Announcements, News releases

A growing number of Native American households in Nevada have no access to indoor plumbing, a condition known as “plumbing poverty,” according to a new study.

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growing threat that extreme heat poses to workforce health

For Outdoor Workers, Extreme Heat Poses Extreme Danger

By DRI Communications | May 9, 2022 | Announcements, News releases

In a new study in the International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, scientists explore the growing threat that extreme heat poses to workforce health in three of the hottest cities in North America – Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

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New DRI Internship Program Focuses on Mentorship for Inclusion in STEM

By DRI Communications | Oct 26, 2021 | Announcements, News releases

Fourteen students from Nevada’s two-year colleges are building career skills in exciting new directions. The students are conducting hands-on research alongside DRI scientists in Reno and Las Vegas through DRI’s Research Immersion Internship Program.

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New DRI projects for 2021 include microplastics, microfossils, snowmelt risk, and solute transport

By DRI Communications | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog, Featured projects

New DRI projects for 2021 include microplastics, microfossils, snowmelt risk, and solute transportFEB 26, 2021RENO & LAS VEGAS, NEV.Introducing the winners of DRI's 2021 Institute Project Assignment (IPA) competition.Each year, the Desert Research Institute...

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