In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Scientists have discovered that manganese coupled with sulfide, when under pressure, undergoes a surprising metamorphosis with potential uses in next-generation electronics.
The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.
Twenty years after their initial detection, enigmatic blasts from the sky are starting to deliver tentative answers, as well as plenty of science.
Physicist asserted scientific malfeasance in prominent result, but his paper itself is under fire.
Equity. Representation. Political power. That’s what’s on the line as state lawmakers convene for a special session beginning Friday to approach the once-in-a-decade redistricting process, or the redrawing of political boundaries to account for demographic and population shifts.
In the dusty circumstellar disk, evidence for the existence of a planet revolving around three stars at once has been discovered for the first time.
It all started when Jeremy Smallwood's team, from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (UNLV), in the United States, analyzed the three dust rings observed around the three stars of a solar system called GW Orionis (GW Ori), located about 1,300 light-years from Earth.
Astronomers witnessed a mysterious object in the universe emit 1,652 bursts of energy in a very short time.
Bizarre source of fast radio burst keeps exploding over and over.
Astronomers have watched a mysterious cosmic object shoot out 1,652 blasts of energy over a short period of time.
The invisible will become visible.