Articles by Francis McCabe
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UNLV Skating Rebels Reach the Final Four in ACHA Tournament
UNLV's Skating Rebels capped best-ever season with 26-4-1 record and berth in the national tournament semifinals in March.
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'Reading' Burial Sites for Insights Into Health and Migration
Anthropology Ph.D. student Cristina Tica receives prestigious Fulbright Award to fund research in Hungary during the upcoming academic year.
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Study: Maternal Placenta Consumption Causes No Harm to Newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies.
An Eye Toward Regeneration
UNLV study shows frog embryos can fully regrow their eyes after injury, debunking a belief that they can’t.
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UNLV Receives Gold Rating as a Military Friendly University
This is the 8th consecutive year UNLV has earned the designation from G.I. Jobs Magazine.
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Fighting Obesity Through Fruit Fly Famines
UNLV biologist finds nearly 400 genes potentially associated with obesity and other health problems in fruit flies.
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The Shards of Time
How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history.
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Study: Unique Diamond Impurities Indicate Water Deep in Earth's Mantle
Scientific analysis of diamond impurities - known as inclusions - reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth's crust.
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Gaming the Future
In an only-in-Las Vegas program, UNLV students are constructing the future of casino games.