News: Division of Research
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Newly published research builds on team’s landmark 2020 discovery of a room-temperature superconductor by replicating results with even greater efficiency.
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UNLV midwifery experts’ analysis proves maternal health benefits of burgeoning labor and delivery method.
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The clinical trials manager is helping to increase opportunities for the community to be part of UNLV's expanding healthcare research programs.
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Qiang Zhu receives NSF CAREER Award for his work to guide the development of organic materials important to energy and memory storage.
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Here's how UNLV's radiochemistry program is building a diverse workforce for the nation's nuclear energy sector.
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Nicotine impacts bone health — upping chance of wrist, spine, other breaks by nearly 40%.
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A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
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How UNLV anthropologist Jennifer Byrnes is helping improve training for forensic scientists.
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Confronted in our desert backyard by the inescapable effects of a deteriorating environment, these UNLV researchers, professors, and activists are fighting to mitigate the effects of climate change on scientific, legal, and sociological fronts.
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Edwin Oh uses genetics to improve health while Katherine Hertlein explores healthy relationships and the connection between sexuality and technology.
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Through research and advocacy for her students, engineering professor Jacimari Batista helps address Nevada's natural resources issues.
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New study by international team of scientists identifies polarization as key trait that may reveal the origin of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions.