In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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A team of researchers has observed an unusual transformation in material under incredibly high pressure.

TopTenz

Not a year goes by that Earth's satellites don't find a solar system's worth of planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies that would be dismissed as ridiculous if a science fiction writer invented them.

Nevada Appeal

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno have again been recognized as two of the top research universities in the nation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

EurekAlert!

Scientists have discovered that manganese coupled with sulfide, when under pressure, undergoes a surprising metamorphosis with potential uses in next-generation electronics.

Newswise

Scientists have discovered that manganese coupled with sulfide, when under pressure, undergoes a surprising metamorphosis with potential uses in next-generation electronics.

Las Vegas Sun

The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.

Scientific American

Twenty years after their initial detection, enigmatic blasts from the sky are starting to deliver tentative answers, as well as plenty of science.

Science Magazine

Physicist asserted scientific malfeasance in prominent result, but his paper itself is under fire.

Nevada Independent

Equity. Representation. Political power. That’s what’s on the line as state lawmakers convene for a special session beginning Friday to approach the once-in-a-decade redistricting process, or the redrawing of political boundaries to account for demographic and population shifts.

Zoom C News

In the dusty circumstellar disk, evidence for the existence of a planet revolving around three stars at once has been discovered for the first time.

NCYT

It all started when Jeremy Smallwood's team, from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (UNLV), in the United States, analyzed the three dust rings observed around the three stars of a solar system called GW Orionis (GW Ori), located about 1,300 light-years from Earth.

TVN

Astronomers witnessed a mysterious object in the universe emit 1,652 bursts of energy in a very short time.