In The News: Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences
When Heidi Shelton was a UNLV student in 2003, she never imagined that an interest in X-ray images and a life-threatening cancer diagnosis would lead her to the helm of one of the university’s oldest academic programs.
When Heidi Shelton was a UNLV student in 2003, she never imagined that an interest in X-ray images and a life-threatening cancer diagnosis would lead her to the helm of one of the university’s oldest academic programs.
Officials introduced a new tool at UNLV today that will help further medical research into Alzheimer's.
As humanity continues to explore the vastness of outer space, scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) are delving into how these extraterrestrial journeys might affect astronauts' brain function.
UNLV recently received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the effects of radiation exposure and the risk of breast cancer in occupational and medical radiation.
A Radiology Partners affiliate has teamed with a local university to bolster its talent pipeline. Desert Radiology Chief Operating Officer Matt Grimes, MBA, earned his degree in radiography administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1996. Twenty years later when he joined the practice, one of his top priorities was reinstituting a collaboration allowing UNLV second-year radiography students to gain experience at DR facilities.
The approach even goes further, with trips to more distant areas.
Seven years after the end of WWII, the US detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb.
The world's first nuclear weapon — the atom bomb — devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
With its depiction of the first atomic bomb explosion, the new film, "Oppenheimer," highlights the massive destructive power of these early nuclear weapons.
Radioactive particles from nuclear explosions are found in every corner of the world. Many people are worried about the bad effects of nuclear bombs.
In the event of nuclear war, the ultra-rich can hide away in their luxury bunkers that cost anywhere from $35,000 to $14 million. But what about the rest of us?