News: Department of Geoscience

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UNR, UNLV researchers’ work featured in the journal Nature Geoscience

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UNLV researchers complete detailed model showing how the shallow sediments of the Las Vegas Valley will respond during an earthquake.

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Volcanologist’s career, UNLV programs develop as nuclear waste repository battle drug out.
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The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors UNLV’s most respected faculty scholars, whose work exemplifies the best in Nevada research.

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Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

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The relationship between research and graduate education is considered of tremendous value to both faculty and students. Why are the two so mutually beneficial?

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Why one professor hiked to a remote Russian volcano to figure out how to tap deep into the scalding water below Nevada for renewable power.