Topic: Research

Our National Parks Amidst Global Change
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Research | September 13, 2016

As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, UNLV professor Scott Abella explores the conservation challenges officials face.

Research In Print: Fall 2016
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Research | September 2, 2016

In recently published new works, UNLV faculty authors examine the century-long struggle to preserve America’s national parks, college students as taste-making fashionistas, the movement for understanding and acceptance of those born intersex, and the cultural legacy of post-9/11 literature.

Disruptive by Design
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Research | September 2, 2016

The song you can’t get out of your head. That image burned into your memory. The scene that melts even the most hardened hearts.

Brain Power
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Research | September 2, 2016

Through collaboration and innovation, UNLV researchers are changing the way we think about the brain.

Research Briefs: Fall 2016
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Research | September 2, 2016

A new bacteria phylum, battling underage trafficking, a program to boost campus entrepreneurship, digging up the dirt on Mars, fighting HIV in Nigeria, and more.

Two Birds with One Molecular Stone
Biochemistry professor Ron Gary
Research | September 2, 2016

Biochemist Ron Gary's enzyme research seeks to defeat cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

Checking Into Research
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Research | September 1, 2016

Four UNLV researchers are studying what makes hotel and resort customers tick, then using that knowledge to help industry leaders better serve their patrons.

Brutality in Our Bones
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Research | September 1, 2016

Debra Martin, winner of the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, reveals that the answers about our darkest impulses can sometimes be found within what remains.

Researcher to Explore Struggles of Underage Trafficking Victims
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Research | September 1, 2016

Last year, the Nevada attorney general’s office released statistics indicating that Las Vegas police recovered 2,229 victims of human trafficking since 1994.

UNLV and University of Sydney Announce Gaming Research MOU
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Research | September 1, 2016

Bo Bernhard, executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), recently joined Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on his trade mission to Australia to sign a memo-randum of understanding with the University of Sydney.

Researchers’ Health-Tracker Technology Licensed By Startup
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Research | September 1, 2016

Smartwatches that help you track daily steps and heart rate? That’s old hat, according to UNLV researchers who have recently licensed their latest patent for a fitness tracker that makes calorie-counting as easy as taking a picture.