News: College of Sciences

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Geoscience grad student's work help people in remote areas of Ghana manage water resources.

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UNLV-led research team ties spike in ancient oceanic oxygen levels to earliest animal biodiversity; findings reported in Sept. 27 issue of journal Nature.
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Inspired by loved ones’ battles with cancer and intrigued by the mysteries locked within the cells of humans, Hui Zhang hopes to one day make medical history.

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Nora Caberoy on the complicated structures of the eye, treating blindness, and catching tadpoles.

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Radiochemistry student Edward Mausolf honored by DOE for investigating a radioactive byproduct of nuclear energy.

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Elementary teachers head to summer school to bone up on science.

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Alumna Daliah (Zodieru) Wachs expands her practice to thousands through satellite radio call-in show.
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Project VISIONS partners UNLV, CCSD to boost student success in science by improving teacher content knowledge and confidence

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UNLV research teams earn $1.6 million to investigate ways to safely store radioactive waste; UNLV one of only 32 universities selected

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Nine students, including a mother of two who after years of working as a dental hygienist received her dental degree and became class valedictorian, are being honored as spring 2012 Outstanding Graduates.

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A new species of scorpions nearly squirmed past a couple of UNLV graduate students. The story behind the Death Valley arthropod's discovery.

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UNLV opens its labs and takes its research out into the community during science week.