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Newswise: How to Handle the Challenges of Caring for Your Aging Parent
Released: 16-Nov-2022 12:45 PM EST
How to Handle the Challenges of Caring for Your Aging Parent
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As a clinical social worker, Natasha Mosby has counseled family members on both sides of the spectrum: the caretakers and their aging parents. Both groups want to understand how to navigate their reversal of roles as they progress into this new chapter of their lives.

   
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Released: 22-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Expert: How the Las Vegas Aces' championship win changes the game for women & the entire sports industry
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

For decades, Las Vegas — a city world famous for sports betting — was one of the few U.S. metropolises without a professional sports team. That all changed in 2017 when the NHL’s Golden Knights took a gamble by setting up shop in Southern Nevada, soon followed by the WNBA’s Aces and NFL’s Raiders. Just a few short years later, the Aces have upped the ante on their “raise the stakes” tagline and became the first major professional sports team to win a championship for Las Vegas.

Newswise: The Race is On: Nevada is in the Driver’s Seat for Burgeoning Lithium Industry. UNLV economic geologist talks lithium battery supply chain, green energy, and self-sustainability
Released: 22-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
The Race is On: Nevada is in the Driver’s Seat for Burgeoning Lithium Industry. UNLV economic geologist talks lithium battery supply chain, green energy, and self-sustainability
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The ‘Lithium-Ion Battery State’ may not have the same ring to it as ‘Battle-Born’ or ‘Silver State,’ but the reality is that Nevada could soon be a leader in the lithium battery supply chain – potentially giving the U.S. an edge in the arms race for the in-demand metal that’s the key to powering everything from your cell phone to electric vehicles.

Newswise: Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
Released: 18-Aug-2022 4:30 PM EDT
Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Many Americans go about their daily routines without fear of invasion or repercussions for acknowledging their own freedom. But an ocean away, that’s the reality for Taiwan, a small island off the coast of mainland China. China and Taiwan are embroiled in a decades-long battle of acknowledgement — an unfinished civil war. And because of their history, every day is a juggling act of unresolved issues from the past, maintaining a delicate balance to ensure peace.

Newswise: How Wastewater Surveillance Can Mitigate Monkeypox Spread: Expert Available
Released: 9-Aug-2022 8:05 PM EDT
How Wastewater Surveillance Can Mitigate Monkeypox Spread: Expert Available
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Just when it seemed like we could sit back and breathe a sigh of relief from declining COVID-19 rates in Nevada, another virus started making headlines: Monkeypox. Local COVID cases have been on a downward trajectory for more than a month. But a wastewater surveillance program led by UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine professor and infectious disease expert Edwin Oh has started tracking monkeypox,making Southern Nevada among the first few metropolitan areas nationwide to begin searching the sewers for the emerging virus.

Newswise: Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal social media users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
Released: 8-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal social media users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominantly African American weekend shoppers with an AR-15 style rifle. Only five months into the year, these attacks tallied as the 198th and 214th U.

Newswise: Digital DisruptHERS: A New Model for Equity in Women's Sport
Released: 30-Mar-2022 11:25 AM EDT
Digital DisruptHERS: A New Model for Equity in Women's Sport
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Women’s History Month. The 50th anniversary of the federal Title IX gender equity law. The NCAA Women’s Final Four. Women's sport is a topic getting more attention recently. But a UNLV sport marketing expert says it’s critical that we focus attention on improving gender equity all the time — and she has a winning formula for turning the tide.

Newswise: The Word On Wordle
Released: 28-Jan-2022 12:40 PM EST
The Word On Wordle
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

UNLV social media researchers spell out the hype behind the trending word game.

Released: 18-Oct-2021 5:40 PM EDT
Are Casinos Making the Right Bet When it Comes to Slots?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

With slot machines producing the bulk of profits in most of the world’s casinos, gaming managers make it their business to keep slot players happy.  So how do they prevent customers who are losing from walking away?  A common strategy is to lower what’s called the “house edge,” which is the casino’s advantage when looking at the long-term difference between how much was wagered versus how much was paid out.

   
Released: 17-Aug-2021 12:45 PM EDT
3 Common COVID Vaccination Objections & How to Debunk Them
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

A year ago, the misinformation about coronavirus focused on it being an elaborate hoax, rather than a global health crisis. While more and more people now accept that it is a threat, they don’t necessarily accept that vaccines are our best way to counter it. And sadly, our hospital ICUs are filled with people who have not been vaccinated.

   


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