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In the News
Are We There Yet?
In 2006, NASA and its partners launched the Kepler telescope with a goal to try and identify planets in other solar systems. Since then, the telescope found over 2,700 planets orbiting different suns and existing in different solar systems before its retirement in 2018.
Earth.com
Our planet Earth has a mesmerizing history that spans across 4.6 billion years. For a majority of this immense timeframe, single-celled life reigned supreme. But, about 500 million years ago, everything changed immensely. A dramatic occurrence took place known as the Cambrian “explosion.”
Coyotes are common throughout North America. Like other wildlife, they tend to adapt to their environments and might become bolder in urban or suburban neighborhoods. Still, people can easily coexist with coyotes if they follow experts’ tips on coyote behavior, protecting pets, and avoiding feeding coyotes or other wildlife.
Accomplishments
The First-Gen Essay Competition is part of the annual campus-wide First-Generation Celebration held each year in November. The contest allows first-generation undergraduate and graduate students to share personal stories about their first-generation journeys at UNLV.
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Radiochemistry Ph.D. candidate, Nicholas Cicchetti (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was recently published in the ACS Publication, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. The article titled, "A Rapid Microfluidic Neptunium Extraction Using a Supported Liquid Membrane Module,"…
Experts
Professor, UNLV Department of Geoscience
Carrie Tyler is a marine conservation paleobiologist.
Professor of Life Sciences
An expert on mutagenesis, DNA repair, and bacterial genetics.
Professor Emeritus of Hydrology, College of Sciences
An expert on water resources, paleoclimatology, and environmental pollution.