Study: New Explanation for Unique ‘Negative Superhump’ Features of Deep-Space Binary Star Systems
UNLV-led team of astrophysicists resolves decades-old conundrum with new theory on mechanisms driving periodic brightness variations in cataclysmic variable star systems.
This Essential Travel Item Is Even Filthier Than Your Phone, According to Microbiologists
An eye-opening new study is shedding light on a common travel item that’s brimming with hidden bacteria. Here’s a hint: It’s something you tote on almost every trip … but would never think to clean. Yet somehow, it has way more bacteria than the travel gear you’d expect to get filthy.
Registration Now Open for 19th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking at Bellagio Resort & Casino, May 26-28
Hosted by UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), the event will explore the most pressing and emerging issues in gambling and gaming. Held every three years, the conference hosts the best, most high-impact risk-taking research and education. The most recent conference, held in 2023, attracted several hundred attendees from more than two dozen countries and featured research spanning economics, public policy, mathematics, social sciences, and psychology.
NCT Stages Christopher Chen’s 'Passage' March 27-April 5
Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, the play unfolds as a fantasia set within a neocolonial landscape where a fragile friendship is placed under extraordinary strain.
For Commencement, UNLV's president selects and honors a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class. Spring nomination deadline is April 12.
From Athlete to Surgeon: A Resident’s Path to Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics chief resident Dr. Jordan Miller wants to take care of collegiate and professional athletes and regular Las Vegas residents after completing his fellowship.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published five recent scholarly papers.
The first paper, "A critical appraisal of how to employ – or not to employ – the Sexual Risk Survey in international populations," was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The second paper, "The Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Scale (…
Dr. Robin Weltman (Dental), along with colleagues from Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry, and Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece, co-authored “Late-onset medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) 11 years after IV bisphosphonates following implant placement.” The case study concluded MRONJ, despite a C-terminal…
Sarah Hartzell, Ph.D., (BeHERE NV) was a guest on the Public Health Epidemiology Conversations Podcast (Episode #449). In the conversation she discusses the behavioral health workforce shortage and the importance of engaging with people, especially youth, about considering the pursuit of a career in behavioral health.
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