Topic: Research Works for Nevada

New UNLV Space Designed to Incubate Big Ideas
Professor, standing next to humanoid robot, leading a tour of office space
Business and Community | October 1, 2021
UNLV Incubator at Hughes Center will help students bridge the gap between a big idea and a marketable business.
UNLV Wastewater Surveillance Program Expands to Test for Flu Strains
UNLV researcher Edwin Oh holds a pipette in his lab on campus.
Research | September 29, 2021
Local partnership grows to 20 states; monitoring begins in October with implications for future influenza vaccine development.
UNLV Research Bolsters Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
MRI scan of a brain with Alzheimer's disease.
Research | September 28, 2021
Study, published this month in Communications Biology, reveals that chronic hyperglycemia impairs memory.
Research Brief: UNLV Physicists Lower the Pressure on Room-Temperature Superconductivity
UNLV physicist Ashkan Salamat poses for a photo in his lab with green lasers in front of him and a computer screen behind him
Research | August 2, 2021
New discovery details how metals at room temperature can move from one state to another with a relatively small change in pressure.
Study Finds Nonprofits, Federal Government Surpass Pharma to Lead Alzheimer's Drug Development
Jeffrey L. Cummings pictured in a white lab coat in his lab on UNLV's campus
Research | June 7, 2021
UNLV research professor Jeffrey L. Cummings examines Alzheimer's clinical trials pipeline in two new studies.
UNLV COVID-19 Contact Tracing Team Has Investigated More Than 38,000 Southern Nevada Cases
UNLV student contact tracing team seated in office space
Business and Community | June 3, 2021
School of Public Health, Health District partnership includes nearly 240 student contact tracers trained to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.
UNLV Scientist Earns National Award for Alzheimer’s Research
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings is pictured in a white lab coat in his lab, with his image reflected in a mirror
Campus News | April 16, 2021
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings and multidisciplinary research team to expand UNLV’s clinical trials observatory with $3 million grant.
UNLV Continues Research in Nuclear Science as Part of National Consortium
Scientists in white coats work in a lab
Research | February 18, 2021
Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science, engineering, and security.
An Institute for the Future: Preparing Nevada’s Teachers for Next Practices
Woman hold laptop and tossing an apple
Business and Community | February 5, 2021
Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation finds home at UNLV and in the community.
UNLV Newsmakers 2020: Research and Economic Development
Professor Ashkan Salamat in his lab at UNLV
Research | December 29, 2020
A yearlong collection of UNLV faculty making the news for their discoveries and contributions to the community.
UNLV Geoscientist Arya Udry Tapped by NASA for Mars Mission
UNLV geoscientist Arya Udry sits in front of her microscope in her office
Research | December 21, 2020
Udry is one of just 13 scientists added to NASA’s Participating Scientist Program and will help the Perseverance Rover to recognize magmatic rocks; becomes second UNLV professor on Mars 2020 science team.
UNLV Researcher on the Curious Case of COVID-19 Reinfection
medical professional conducting a curbside COVID-19 test to person in blue vehicle
Research | December 17, 2020
Biostatistician Richard Tillett from the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine was part of a statewide team to identify a Nevada man infected twice by COVID-19 – the first documented occurrence in North America.