News: Division of Research

Metal Rebel behind the wheel of Local Motors' 3D-printed LOCO vehicle
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Automotive education partnership will help drive the next generation of vehicle technology.

Cleveland Clinic building
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Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and UNLV earn $11 million grant from National Institutes of Health to tackle Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Insoles
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Amputation is a serious threat to people with diabetes. A team of UNLV faculty researchers, entrepreneurial students, and economic development experts is working to bring a better way to prevent the problem to market soon.

Aerial view of Greenspun Hall
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UNLV, advisory firm Applied Analysis create public-private partnership to give university access to powerful real-time data analysis tool.

Ying Tian
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After seven firefighters died in a collapsed parking garage, engineering professor Ying Tian wanted to help design more resilient buildings. His research was shored up with seed money from a UNLV grant.

Elsabeth Hausrath
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Data from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is helping Elisabeth Hausrath understand how soil and water might have once interacted on the surface of our solar system’s most-Earthlike neighbor.

Rebecca Gill looks through a library book shelf
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Political science professor Rebecca Gill is examining the ways we evaluate judge performance and how gender or racial bias influence the results.

Kwang Jim Kim in research lab
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Kim, a leading expert in active materials and energy systems, recognized with annual award from Nevada Board of Regents at March 6 meeting.

Janet Dufek
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Kids fall all the time, but bouncing back can be trickier when it happens in a hospital. Thanks to an internal grant, UNLV professor Janet Dufek has been able to collaborate with a leading children's hospital to tackle the issue.

Todd E. Robinson
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History professor takes a look at how the civil-rights struggle played out in second-tier cities like Grand Rapids, Mich.

Bryan Spangelo works in lab
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UNLV researcher patents a chemotherapy compound that uses a heavy metal derivative to improve cancer treatment.

closeup of a person using a calculator with a keyboard and mouse to the side
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UNLV removing some of the stumbling blocks for getting students interested in the science and engineering fields. The key: Get 'em while they're young.