In The News: Division of Research
The ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (UNLV), recently executed its first master research service agreement with local medical imaging organization Desert Radiology. The agreement, which is renewable for up to four years, will provide cost-effective imaging analysis services to subjects participating in UNLV research and help generate new business for Desert Radiology.
The research, conducted by neuroscientists at the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ, expands the understanding of the signaling between neurons in epilepsy. Regulating the proteins in the brain that control cell signaling may lead to better therapies for stopping or preventing seizures entirely.
Education money may be tight in Southern Nevada, but UNLV just received a little more to go around.
Tarana Burke coined the phrase “Me Too” in 2006. More than a decade later, she was among the featured “silence breakers” selected as the 2017 TIME Person of the Year.
New research says wildfires that threaten or even burn homes don’t scare off potential new homeowners.
If land acquisition and real estate investment strategists didn't already have enough on their plates, what with polar opposite mixed-signals on the economic horizon line, now there's this.
Prisoners in 17 U.S. states went on strike on Aug. 21 by refusing to eat or work to call attention to a number of troubling issues, including dilapidated facilities, harsh sentences and other aspects of mass incarceration in America.
After it’s been a day, our beds and sofas can look pretty inviting — so much so that we often sprawl stomach down on them to chill.
Land valuation calculations get more complex as the pace and severity of natural disasters intensify.
Despite the danger depicted in recent news coverage of homes going up in flames, Americans are still flocking to the natural beauty found out in the sticks. A recent study by Shawn McCoy, an economics professor with the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Randy P. Walsh of the University of Pittsburgh points to homeowners somewhat inexplicable propensity to value great views higher than safety.
The risk of wildfires isn’t deterring some home buyers from purchasing in an area, even if the area has been struck by blazes in recent years. Real estate prices in wildfire-prone areas are in line with homes in low-risk areas, even immediately after fires, according to a new study.
We blame a lot of our political dysfunction and polarization on our two-party system. So why do we keep it around? How did we get here? And what would happen if we had a lot more major parties? America From Scratch host Toussaint Morrison investigates as we continue our democratic thought experiment.
