Topic: Research

Students Showcase High-Tech Inventions
Research | May 5, 2014

On display May 8 are inventions from 29 teams, including a solar-powered machine that kills bed bugs, a device that builds urban farms on parking garage roofs and a contraption that would power animal shelters using methane gas from animal waste and more.

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Research | May 5, 2014

Doctoral student to research human skeletal remains in Turkey; graduating senior will teach English in Germany.

UNLV chemist Ernesto Abel-Santos is developing a compound using lab equipment
Research | April 17, 2014

Chemistry professor developing treatment to help the good bacteria battle the bad bacteria in your stomach.

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Research | April 16, 2014

Life Sciences and engineering professors team up to develop life-saving devices to detect stroke and heart problems.

Alyssa Crittenden in the field
Research | April 16, 2014

UNLV, international researchers compare gut bacteria of hunter-gatherers with industrialized populations to better understand role of bacteria in human health.

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Research | April 15, 2014

Chemistry professors' research aims to improve drugs that are effective at treating cancer but leave patients dealing with terrible side effects.

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Research | April 14, 2014
How a small investment in researchers is helping farmers deal with the most harmful bacteria killing their honeybee hives.
Paleontologist Joshua Bonde leads a small band of students on an excavation
Research | April 7, 2014

Go along with a band of UNLV researchers as they uncover the skull of an extinct elephant-like creature that once roamed Esmeralda County.

A man collecting samples at a Chinese hot springs
Research | March 18, 2014

Local high school teachers trek to Chinese hot springs with a UNLV team to immerse themselves in field experiences and bring back new approaches to teaching.

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Research | February 27, 2014

Meteor smack downs, volcanic calderas, and mountain pulses — Geologist Steve Rowland explains some of the catastrophic events the created the geology and biology of our beautiful state.

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Research | February 24, 2014
Personal experiences spur first generation graduates, millennial scholars, and best friends to study the legal services available to Southern Nevada's Hispanic community.