Local Motors and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas have partnered to create a research and development program that will create new technologies for automobiles.

Local Motors, an Arizona-based company known for creating the first 3D-printed car, is partnering with UNLV to develop technology for autonomous vehicles. As part of the research announced Tuesday, the university’s Drones and Autonomous Systems Lab will rig a Local Motors vehicle with sensors that they hope will enable a robot to operate the 3D-printed vehicle.

What to do about deadly dust, or naturally occurring asbestos, in the Boulder City area? That question drew a packed house Tuesday night in Boulder City, where citizens and scientists gathered to seek answers.

Modern life’s worries aren’t limited to fretting over the volatile stock market, who’s going to be the next president or when and where a hurricane will strike.

As gambling revenue continues to plummet in Macau, China is trying to force the world’s casino capital to do something that has never been done before: recreate Las Vegas’s business model in Asia.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for lowering the cost of higher education and reducing the roughly $1.2 trillion student loan debt held by American students could strengthen Nevada's postsecondary institutions while saving money for the state's college students, local education experts say.

As a woman who’s been involved in government and corporate America for several decades, I’ve been speaking and writing about the role of women in government and corporate America for almost as long.

Oscar Sida, instructor and Human Services Program coordinator at UNLV, has noticed that for many people, their smartphone has become an addiction.

A recent report about Amazon’s workplace culture has made waves: Eighty-five-hour workweeks, annual staff culling, executives encouraging underlings to sabotage one another, employees weeping at their desks. Is this a necessary formula for success in the innovation economy? In a letter to employees, Jeff Bezos decried such practices as “shockingly callous. … Even if it’s rare or isolated, our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero.”