As a researcher studying magmatic rocks, UNLV geoscience professor Arya Udry has had to rely on meteorites catapulting through the solar system and surviving their descent through Earth’s atmosphere to make her work possible.

It was a down-in-the-mud presidential campaign, but the dirtiest part comes on Inauguration Day.

A UNLV scientist will help NASA with its Mars mission by studying rocks collected from the red planet.

Remember Cousin Eddie — Randy Quaid’s lovable buffoon in National Lampoon’s Vacation series?

The day I wrote this, I woke up with soreness in my right arm, having been an early recipient of the newly approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Development of the vaccine in less than a year from the first reported case of COVID-19 in the United States is a testament to our ability to mobilize resources in times of crisis and to the hard work and ingenuity of the global scientific community.

Kenya Young paced in the back parking lot of Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Kenya Young was strolling in the back parking lot of Valley Hospital Medical Center.

This year, we’ve faced COVID-19, a new deadly virus that has changed our lives and brought up many new challenges like lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing. To cope with the ongoing pandemic, scientists all over the world are competing to develop the COVID-19 vaccine that will be safe and effective.

A new coronavirus strain called B.1.1.7 first appeared in September and has quickly caused a wave of infections in the United Kingdom (UK). In response to the news, a growing number of countries, including Spain and Russia, have enacted travel bans against the UK over the past week.