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In the News
The monsoon season and the rain it usually produces has been abnormally dry this summer in Las Vegas. The season, which runs from June through mid-September, has dropped just 0.08 inches of rain here, according to the National Weather Service.
Matthew Lachniet
Professor of Geology
Financial Express
Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a mysterious past, and scientists have found some evidence to explain its behaviour. The supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is located 26,000 light-years away from Earth in the center of our galaxy.
Bing Zhang
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
American Talk
Astronomers studying the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole have found “compelling evidence” that could finally help explain its mysterious past. Located 26,000 light-years away in the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A* is a gargantuan tear in space-time that is 4 million times the mass of our sun and 14.6 million miles (23.5 million kilometers) wide.
Bing Zhang
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Accomplishments
Kingsley C. Ukandu (Mathematical Sciences) presented part of his work with Rachidi B. Salako (Mathematical Sciences) in a 30 minute talk titled "Structure of the Endemic Equilibria Set of an Epidemic Network Model as the Dispersal Rate of the Susceptible Population Varies" at the American…
Art Gelis (Radiochemistry) and collaborators from University of Illinois, Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory recently published an article titled, "X-ray Induced Cycling of Rare-Earth Elements between Bulk and Interfacial Liquid," in the journal ACS Applied Material & Interfaces. The…
Experts
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
An expert in ecology, fire management, and U.S. National Parks.
Professor, Life Sciences
Brian Hedlund in an expert in microbial ecology at high temperatures, biofuels and genomics.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
An expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella.