FDA Approves Auvelity for Treatment of Agitation Associated with Dementia Due to Alzheimers
The agency’s decision marks the first approval of a drug with this specific mechanism of action for one of the most burdensome and clinically challenging symptoms of the disease.
The Secret to Eye Regeneration Could Lie With Frog Larvae
That level of regeneration may be out of the question for humans right now, but at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), one lab team is researching the possibility of animal eye regeneration, and how that might impact human eyecare.
ICE warrants were central to Abbott’s immigration dispute with Texas cities. Here’s how they work.
Unlike criminal warrants, ICE administrative warrants don’t require approval from an independent judge. ICE defends the practice, but legal experts say they can have errors and risk wrongful detention.
Working Together to Better Support At-Risk Students in Clark County
Ying Guo, 2026 Community-Based Research Award recipient, works with Boys Town Nevada to improve support systems available for Clark County children and families.
The mathematical sciences professor reflects on a path that began with a one-year appointment and grew into a 52-year career as UNLV’s longest-serving faculty member.
Rebecca Gill (Political Science) and coauthors Christopher Zorn (Penn State University) and Jennie Sweet-Cushman (Chatham University) won the 2026 Jewell Limar Prestage Best Paper Award from the Southwestern Political Science Association for their paper “Gender and the Misperception of Women’s Representation in State Legislatures and Congress…
Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) published a paper titled, "Plastic hydrolytic enzyme classification using explainable deep learning," in ACS Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The team developed PEPIC, an explainable AI framework that predicts plastic-degrading enzymes across 9 substrate types. By identifying "hot…
Aidy Weeks (Medicine; Libraries) has been elected to the el2026 Medical Library Association (MLA) Board of Directors. MLA is a global, nonprofit educational organization, with a membership of more than 2,500 institutions and professionals in the health information field. The Board of Directors serves as the governing body of MLA, representing…
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