College of Sciences News
The School of Life Sciences offers programs that meet the needs of students intending to enter the workforce or pursue advanced training in the sciences, medicine, and other professional and technical fields. We provide a well-rounded foundation in natural, physical, and mathematical sciences that can set students up for successful careers and professional programs.
Current Sciences News
Competition was fierce for the 79 student teams that managed portfolios of $500,000.
The mathematical sciences professor reflects on a path that began with a one-year appointment and grew into a 52-year career as UNLV’s longest-serving faculty member.
UNLV radiochemistry alumni — from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens — are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation’s top nuclear science labs.
Students Lex de Asis and Adrianna N. Tsao among select group nationwide selected for the prestigious research award.
UNLV graduate students host a science workshop at Sunrise Mountain High School, providing an opportunity for kids to explore numerous career pathways.
The Tseng Lab at UNLV discovers frog larvae can regrow their eyes, and seeks ways to replicate the process to benefit humans.
Sciences In The News
That level of regeneration may be out of the question for humans right now, but at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), one lab team is researching the possibility of animal eye regeneration, and how that might impact human eyecare.
Awareness itself may predate our universe.
Roseman University of Health Sciences has opened a biotech incubator that many people hope will be another key component of diversifying Southern Nevada’s economy. Two women are creating content for YouTube that they hope will help dementia patients and caregivers face their journey with grace and humor.
Nearly every one of Big Basin's old-growth redwoods survived the wildfire. As University of Nevada, Las Vegas biologist Drew Peltier observed in 2023, just three years after the blaze, "coastal redwoods are supremely fire-adapted … and they seem to be recovering."
Imagine homing in on the source of your consciousness like an airport metal detector finds the keys stashed in your pocket.
Have you found that allergies worsen during extreme weather? It can be due to thunderstorm asthma, also known as thunder fever, when a thunderstorm puts huge amounts of pollen into the air. What causes thunderstorm pollen strikes, and what should homeowners do to stay safe?
