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Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-long cosmic explosions that each produce the energy equivalent to the sun's annual output. More than 15 years after the deep-space pulses of electromagnetic radio waves were first discovered, their perplexing nature continues to surprise scientists—and newly published research only deepens the mystery surrounding them.
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When Aubrey Garcia’s daughter was in the third grade, she suddenly stopped attending school.
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is unrecognizable today compared to when it first held classes 65 years ago.
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As the Federal Reserve announced another ‘jumbo’ interest rate hike of .75 percent on Wednesday, many in Las Vegas shared their concerns about what this means for their money in the future.
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New study by international team of scientists reveals an evolving, magnetized environment and surprising source location for deep-space fast radio bursts – observations that defy current understanding.
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A ” We Need to Talk” panel discussion on critical race theory at UNLV’s Greenspun Hall Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.
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UNLV's university police services has now been approved to hire more police officers.
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COVID-19 deaths in Nevada fell to their lowest point of the pandemic this week, while numbers of hospitalizations and cases continued their free fall.
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Current regulations of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes require new species to be grown in a lab and distributed as pure and viable cultures. To prove it, you have to have more than one specimen. A team of scientists presented a new system, the SeqCode, and a corresponding registration portal in an article published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
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