Articles by Shane Bevell
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The Last Supper?
Super-Earths might have cleaned the inner regions of the solar system and then been swallowed by the sun.
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New Faces: Boo Shan Tseng
This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the UNLV community she is pleased to have joined.
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UNLV Biologist Lawrence Walker Wins Nevada Regents’ Top Research Award
An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive UNLV professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.
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UNLV Geoscientist Awarded Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award
Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.
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Homegrown Scholar
A nearly native Las Vegan, Nemanja Novakovic had planned to leave Nevada when it came time for college. But that was before he discovered his academic dreams could be fulfilled at UNLV.
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UNLV to Advance Nuclear Forensics Research as Part of National Consortium
Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science and security; five-year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.
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Cleaner Rare Earths
Our high-tech marvels demand rare earth metals and oxides. UNLV researchers are working to make extracting them less toxic and more efficient.
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Digging Up Mammoth Fossils
UNLV paleontologists recover mammoth fossils northwest of Las Vegas.
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Tackling Alzheimer's Disease
Three UNLV scientists will present their work during an Alzheimer's research symposium Nov. 13 on campus.