News: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Research |

Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute student researchers embrace remote learning and engage in public policy research to benefit 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and the region.

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As summer comes to a close and classrooms open, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ biochemist Ernesto Abel-Santos offers cleaning best practices.

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Campus News |

An enduring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

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Business and Community |

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.

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Research |

New 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ study shows promise for role of a high-carb, low-protein, and low-fat diet in fighting off C. diff infections.

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Research |

Rebel Grad Slam winner Nam Hoang’s research focuses on how tumors trick the body into feeding them, and how to stop it.

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People |

Alumna Vanessa Sanders finding new paths for isotopes therapeutic and diagnostic at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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People |

Bradley Boe finds empowerment in a new scholarship for students with spinal cord injuries.

Jun Yong Kang writes on a glass board.
People |

The most exciting thing about chemistry? The infinite failures in even the most thoroughly thought-out experiments, the biochemist says.

A scientist recoils from The Machine. (Illustration by Chris Jones)
Research |

Professor Clemens Heske's pride and joy is unique worldwide in its ability to study surface chemistry.

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People |

Doctoral student Bhagya De Silva traveled more than nine thousand miles to mine for better Alzheimer's Treatments.

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Campus News |

A collection of stories highlighting 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students and faculty who made the news in 2018.