News: College of Sciences

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Business and Community |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ partnership with Las Vegas Natural History Museum turns professors and students into live exhibit.

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Campus News |

Alumni Association announces recipients of its Alumni of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Awards. Fred Albrecht receives top honors.

Researchers Christopher Adcock and Elisabeth Hausrath
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers report in Nature Geoscience that phosphate, which plays a role in life-creating chemical reactions, may have been more plentiful on early Mars than during the emergence of life on Earth.

Barbara Luke
Research |

Resident experts Barbara Luke and Wanda Taylor weigh in as 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ prepares to participate in the Great Nevada Shakeout on Thursday.

Josh Bonde
Research |

Take a peek at the fossil discoveries of paleontologist Josh Bonde.

Jessica Jaynes
People |

Statistics professor looks for the connections between medicine and the innovative design of experiments.

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Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.

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Campus News |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ scientists collaborate with DOE's Joint Genome Institute, publish findings on exploration of microbial dark matter in latest issue of Nature.

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People |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's scientists make discoveries and share their findings in prestigious journals. But then what?

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People |
Physical chemist receives the highest honor the university bestows on faculty members.
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Campus News |
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Pacific Division makes its first-ever stop at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ for annual conference on desert science.
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People |

Gene Smith dug deep into the earth while Diane Smith reached for the stars. Memorial service for Gene will be held Sept. 27.