By his own admission, Dr. Tyler Kent cut off too much meniscus — a C-shaped piece of tough, rubbery cartilage that serves as a shock absorber in the knee — during a surgical procedure he performed Wednesday.

Residents at the UNLV School of Medicine are performing scores of delicate surgeries and racking up hours of realistic operating room experience, all without the fear of making a mistake or even a single incision on a live patient.

Alien worlds roughly 10 times the size of Earth could play a major role in the habitability of planets outside of our solar system. It’s thought that the building blocks for life were transported here through an asteroid impact.

Residents at the UNLV School of Medicine are performing scores of delicate surgeries and racking up hours of realistic operating room experience, all without the fear of making a mistake or even a single incision on a live patient.

The vision of Las Vegas as a world-renowned hub for cancer treatment took center stage last week at a gathering of experts on the No. 2 killer of Americans.

Alien worlds roughly 10 times the size of Earth could play a major role in the habitability of planets outside of our solar system.

The Trump administration is taking its third swipe at travel restrictions with new rules that carry key differences from two previous attempts, but local experts say this new version is likely to see legal challenges as well.

After four years of lab testing and complex neuro-decoding, a research team led by UNLV psychology professor James Hyman has struck a major breakthrough that could open the floodgates for research into the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, and how human brains learn.

If leading the country’s fifth-largest school district isn’t daunting enough, try doing so in the midst of a massive reorganization, a budget deficit of at least $60 million and a continual firestorm of pushback from unions and trustees.