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For the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2017 Solar Decathlon competition, Team Vegas, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, introduces Sinatra Living, a house designed for aging in place and withstanding desert climates while maintaining the intense solar power standards that the competition requires.

Bleacher Report

UNLV's football squad will host San Diego State with heavy hearts this Saturday. Instead of their logo, the Rebels will wear a red ribbon decal in honor of victims of Sunday night's mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.

City Lab

The man suspected of firing down into an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night, killing at least 59 people and injuring 527, managed to haul at least 23 firearms—plus ammunition, gun stands, scopes, and other accessories—into his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay.

News Medical

Stem cells. Few research discoveries hold as much promise of single-handedly expanding medical treatment options as they do. Miraculously able to act as transformers either re-creating or morphing into a variety of cell types found within the organisms they originate from stem cells offer humanity hope for new, more effective therapies against a number of chronic and terminal diseases. And finding them is surprisingly easy.

Phys.org

Stem cells. Few research discoveries hold as much promise of single-handedly expanding medical treatment options as they do. Miraculously able to act as transformers—either re-creating or morphing into a variety of cell types found within the organisms they originate from—stem cells offer humanity hope for new, more effective therapies against a number of chronic and terminal diseases. And finding them is surprisingly easy.

CBS News

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a familiar presence at casinos around Nevada. Paddock, who spent a lot time gambling in the days before the attack, was part of an elite group of wealthy high-rollers.

Washington Post

Stephen Paddock was known to sit for hours playing slot machines and video poker, gambling with tens of thousands of dollars and earning VIP status and the lavish “comps” that casinos shower on their regular high-rollers to keep them playing.

VOA News

Days after this week’s shooting, students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas say something still doesn't feel right on campus. “There’s a little bit less energy because of what has happened and people are still processing as to why it happened,” said Angela Borro, a first-year biology student and immigrant from the Philippines.

N.B.C. News

The hearty American consumer appears to have considered the largest mass shooting in modern American history — been saddened by it, and a little worried — and decided not to end a love affair with Las Vegas.

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