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What’s Happening
In the News
Gizmodo
Researchers at the University of Nevada have demonstrated that water can adopt a more asymmetric atomic structure when subjected to extreme pressures.
Ashkan Salamat
Associate Professor of Physics
The Debrief
Water behaves strangely under extreme conditions beyond Earth, according to new research highlighting the unexpected realities that may one day greet future astronauts.
Ashkan Salamat
Associate Professor of Physics
Universe Today
Every human being has an all-encompassing relationship with water that spans their entire lifetime. Our bodies are 50% water. We drink water, bathe in it, and swim in it. We skate on it, snowboard on it, and have snowball fights with it. We can take its familiarity for granted.
Ashkan Salamat
Associate Professor of Physics
Accomplishments
Prasun Guha (Life Sciences) was selected as a speaker at the international meeting on "Inositol Phosphate and Pyrophosphate Signalling" held at York University in England, where he delivered a talk on October 15.
The interdisciplinary team of Avinash Yaganapu (Computer Science), Amarnath Singam (Mechanical Engineering), Sai Phani Parsa (Computer Science), Calvinique Lee (Biomedical Engineering), Jennifer Zheng (Life Sciences), Sunjeet Saha (Mechanical Engineering), Seungman Park (Mechanical Engineering),…
Experts
Professor Emeritus of Geology
An expert in geology, paleoecology, paleontology, and the history of geology.
Professor, UNLV Department of Geoscience
Carrie Tyler is a marine conservation paleobiologist.
Professor Emeritus of Hydrology, College of Sciences
An expert on water resources, paleoclimatology, and environmental pollution.