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
The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.
Life Sciences professor Drew Peltier explores how trees grow, survive, and reproduce despite poor conditions — and when they might not recover.
UNLV-led research details early insights from NASA’s Perseverance rover; Specimens due back on Earth in the 2030s.
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.
Motivated by the challenge of understanding the human body, Stephanie Yang is studying potential cures for C. diff infections.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
Sciences In The News
It’s hard not to love the idea of escaping frigid weather and heading somewhere warm, maybe even tropical. That’s the stuff daydreams are made of. But the idea of flying in that weather? That’s less appealing—and maybe even concerning if you’re flying out in a snowstorm or subzero temperatures. Aside from stressing about delays and even cancellations, you might also be worried about flight safety and wonder, What temperature is too cold for planes to fly?
Could life exist on Mars? That's what a professor at UNLV is looking to find out using samples from the red planet.
Mars has fascinated humanity since Galileo Galilei accurately observed it more than 400 years ago. Now we’re getting to the point of trying to land spaceships on the planet, which is the stated goal of President Donald Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk.
Join us this Sunday at 8.00pm UK time for an exhilarating episode of The Amish Inquisition! This week, we’re thrilled to welcome Physics Professor Michael Pravica as our special guest. Michael has taken the world by storm with his groundbreaking insights, following a feature in Popular Mechanics that delves deep into the enigmas of consciousness and hyperdimensionality.
Some Las Vegans have been looking to the sky for hints of alien life for decades, but UNLV geoscience professor Libby Hausrath has gotten closer than any of them to finding sound proof.
Foxx and Annie spoke with Professor Michael Pravica about the asteroid that is moving towards earth. He's a professor of physics and astronomy. Will the 2024 YR4 asteroid hit NYC?
