In The News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Associated Press

SpaceX launched thousands of tiny sea creatures to the International Space Station on Thursday, along with a plaque-fighting toothpaste experiment and powerful solar panels.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV researchers from the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering and School of Dental Medicine are partnering with NASA and Colgate-Palmolive to study the growth of oral bacteria in space and to see if Colgate’s oral care products are effective in a microgravity environment.

Yahoo!

UNLV researchers are looking into how effective toothpaste is in space. The university teamed up with NASA and Colgate.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The university teamed up with NASA and Colgate. They're launching a rocket Thursday carrying oral bacteria and saliva gathered from UNLV dental patients and 25 test kits.

Becker's Healthcare

Researchers from the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ School of Dental Medicine and College of Engineering are partnering with NASA and Colgate-Palmolive to study the growth and treatment of oral bacteria in space.

Nevada Independent

Lawmakers are wrapping up one of their biggest responsibilities of the 120-day legislative session by reviewing and passing five bills implementing the state budget. Here’s a look at what’s in the budget bills introduced this session and their status.

Dentistry Today

To conduct the experiment on the ISS, the crew will use microfluidic devices developed by faculty from the College of Engineering at UNLV and Colgate’s microbiologists to simulate bacterial growth on a tooth-like surface.

Nevada Appeal

Four of the five bills that create the state budget for the coming biennium have now been introduced in the 2021 Legislature.

StreetInsider.com

Today Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) announced plans to send the first-ever private sector oral care experiment to the International Space Station (ISS), under the sponsorship of the ISS U.S. National Laboratory (National Lab).

Market Newsdesk

Today Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) announced plans to send the first-ever private sector oral care experiment to the International Space Station (ISS), under the sponsorship of the ISS U.S. National Laboratory (National Lab).

Business Wire

Today Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) announced plans to send the first-ever private sector oral care experiment to the International Space Station (ISS), under the sponsorship of the ISS U.S. National Laboratory (National Lab).

Mass Transit

Stantec has been chosen by the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada to lead the implementation of the GoMed Program – RTC's vision for safer and more efficient travel to, from and within the Las Vegas Medical District (LVMD).