In The News: College of Sciences

Simple Flyings

There are much faster methods for onboarding than the current procedures.

CBC

Making the most of already mined elements can help meet future demand while reducing carbon emissions

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV researchers are part of a team that will receive almost three million dollars of federal funding for a project focused on the workforce for nuclear energy.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV researchers are part of a team that will receive nearly $3 million in federal funding for a project focusing on the nuclear energy workforce.

Carbon Brief

Greenhouse gas emissions from global mining and resource extraction result in up to £2.5tn ($3tn) in damages worldwide every year, according to a new study.

Wired

Scientists are just starting to uncover the vast diversity of microbes out there. The only problem? No one can agree on how to name them.

The National News

More human remains were discovered at Lake Mead at the weekend, less than a week after a barrel containing a possible murder victim was discovered at the body of water located near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jutarnji

Ambitions to start a uranium industry on American soil are being reawakened - but so are fears of the pollution the industry is bringing.

New York Times

If imports end because of the war, American companies may look to increase domestic mining, which has a toxic history on Indigenous lands.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A mammoth discovered several years ago 30 miles northwest of Pahrump provides the first-known proof of Ice Age animals in the Amargosa Valley area.

El Tiempo

Las Vegas-based MP Materials announced Thursday that it has broken ground for a 200,000-square-foot rare-earth magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, part of a broader plan by the company to invest $700 million over the next two years to create a complete rare earth supply chain.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas-based MP Materials announced Thursday that it broke ground on a 200,000-square-foot rare earth magnetics manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas — part of the firm’s larger plan to invest $700 million over the next two years into creating a full rare earth supply chain.