Division of Research News
UNLV's Division of Research creates a campus environment that supports and promotes superior research, creative, and scholarly pursuits. This ensures that our students and faculty can recognize their full intellectual potential.
Current Research News
Longtime UNLV soil, water, and plant scientist Dale Devitt shatters sustainability myths and shares lawn care tips and tricks to maximize water conservation for desert living.
As allocations from the Colorado River further squeeze the Las Vegas Valley’s water resources, innovation from UNLV's Center for Urban Water Conservation may ease the burden on plants and communities.
While her fMRI journey has stretched nearly around the world, the chance to return to the university that helped shape her path was a no-brainer.
UNLV boasts Nevada’s only MRI facility dedicated to university research. Here’s what our professors hope to discover with it.
The director of UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute helps students get in on the ground floor of a growing industry.
An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.
Research In The News
No one knows gambling better than those in Las Vegas. They said they’re more than willing to help Hawaii if we decide to bring gambling to the islands, and they said there’s a lot our lawmakers can do to protect the community before deciding to roll the dice.
Gambling Insider speaks with Steven Andrew Light, Visiting Professor of Indian Nations Gaming and Governance at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about Kalshi's partnerships with tribal nations, the implications for tribal sovereignty and the potential consequences for the future of US gaming regulation.
A study from the American Gaming Association found that gamblers display a higher rate of financial literacy compared with non-gamblers, and that high financial literacy is positively correlated to responsible gaming.
The Global Gaming Expo is underway at the Venetian Expo Center, bringing manufacturers and developers together to showcase the latest gaming technology—including a growing, but still evolving, role for artificial intelligence in casinos and hospitality.
John “Duffy” Conley was just 22 in 1985 and not yet known as the kingpin of video gambling in western Pennsylvania with over 4,000 illegal video poker machines.
Kalshi’s dicey relationship with Native American casinos went south after CEO Tarek Mansour held unsuccessful talks to mend differences with tribal leaders – resulting in a flurry of lawsuits that could pose existential threat to the prediction market giant’s business, The Post has learned.
