News: Division of Research
![UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D66836_32_TA.jpg?itok=QRUO-L96)
How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history.
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Scientific analysis of diamond impurities - known as inclusions - reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth's crust.
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Some of the best teams in collegiate gaming will meet as UNLV’s "8-Bit Esports" takes on Boise State in the inaugural Mountain West Esports Showdown.
![Portrait of woman in esports jersey](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71992_018.jpg?itok=eZvd8Fbf)
8-bit Esports member Yzzi Ocampo on the challenges female gamers face and the community she found on UNLV's campus.
The computer science major on taking a nonconventional career path and coaching UNLV's Overwatch team to esports success.
![Portrait of Milo Ocampo](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71992_028.jpg?itok=4sySNiin)
The co-founder of UNLV’s first esports organization on building community among gamers and UNLV’s chances of winning its first Mountain West Showdown.
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The team captain for 8-bit Esports club on choosing UNLV and his plans to parlay his pastime into a career.
![M.T. West eSports Showdown - Boise State and UNLV](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/MW%20eSports%20Showdown%20graphic_0.png?itok=EeWkwTNJ)
College esports competition planned for March 8-10 at UNLV in conjunction with Mountain West Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.
![U.N.L.V. sign](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D65724_02R.jpg?itok=rCYYLFEb)
Collaboration will leverage talent from both institutions, spur joint research, and bolster regional economic development efforts.
![Ace and Jack playing card on UNLV table.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D68170_20.jpg?itok=Y5mNdmcG)
In an only-in-Las Vegas program, UNLV students are constructing the future of casino games.
![Melissa Rorie at a gaming table.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71918_001.jpg?itok=L9-Mz-TG)
Criminal justice professor Melissa Rorie digs into the relationship between Nevada's casinos and its gaming regulators.
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Cloud HPC and simulation software agreement increases the accessibility and utilization of UNLV’s supercomputing resources.