Study: Maternal Placenta Consumption Causes No Harm to Newborns

A joint UNLV and Oregon State University study found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of mothers who did not consume their placenta.
3-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

The Flying Disc so Big It Was Mistaken for a UFO

Before the days of drones, two UNLV engineering professors were looking for a way to engage their students beyond textbook exercises. So, naturally, they gravitated toward flying discs. Big ones. This is their story.
27-Apr-2018 4:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

An Eye Toward Regeneration

UNLV scientist Kelly Tseng, Ph.D. and her team have found that frog embryos can fully regrow their eyes after injuries, a breakthrough that may lead one day to the ability to orchestrate tissue regeneration in humans.
18-Apr-2018 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Fighting Obesity Through Fruit Fly Famines

A UNLV biologist compared the DNA of fat fruit flies to a control group and found nearly 400 candidate genes potentially associated with obesity and other health problems.
15-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Humans Flourished Through Super Volcano 74,000 Years Ago

Humans not only survived a massive volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago, they flourished during the resulting climate change that occurred, a new study by UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith and colleagues found.
14-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Unique Diamond Impurities Indicate Water Deep in Earth's Mantle

A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles deep into the Earth’s mantle.
9-Mar-2018 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Building a Collegiate Debate Dynasty

As the college hoops season heats up for the start of March Madness, basketball isn't the only collegiate competition that fans have their eye on. Debate's national tournament will be held March 23-26, and UNLV’s young debate program is continuing...
7-Mar-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

University Partnership to Help Nevada Scientists Commercialize Discovery

UNLV’s Office of Technology Transfer and the Desert Research are partnering to help faculty and students leverage each other’s talent and resources to transform inventions into new products and services.
28-Feb-2018 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites