Understanding the solar energy-water nexus; $20.3 million grant from the NIH; fossilized remains of extinct wolf species located in Nevada; building a safer, more efficient battery; elevated levels of lead in Mexican hot sauces; and climate change linked to early animal evolution.
UNLV leads regional 13-university partnership, with University of Nevada School of Medicine, to put clinical health research into practice.
UNLV physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.
Researchers find elevated lead levels in some hot sauces imported from Mexico; urge enforceable screening standards.
Five-year grant will enhance solar energy technology, address issues related to large-scale solar installations in arid desert lands.
UNLV-led research team ties spike in ancient oceanic oxygen levels to earliest animal biodiversity; findings reported in Sept. 27 issue of journal Nature.
