News: College of Sciences

Super-Earths might have cleaned the inner regions of the solar system and then been swallowed by the sun.

Dr. Tony Alamo’s wildly varied career started with a simple realization: He’d misdiagnosed 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

The student who directs the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ/CCSD Pollen Monitoring Program dishes on allergy relief tips, common misconceptions about pollen, and why technology can’t replace the human eye.

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community she is pleased to have joined.

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.

A nearly native Las Vegan, Nemanja Novakovic had planned to leave Nevada when it came time for college. But that was before he discovered his academic dreams could be fulfilled at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

The new Office of Undergraduate Research helps students engage in and celebrate their research and creative activity.

Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science and security; five-year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.

Three 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduates were recognized by President Len Jessup during Winter Commencement Dec. 15 for their academic and research excellence.

From law to health to advocacy to science, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.

Our high-tech marvels demand rare earth metals and oxides. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers are working to make extracting them less toxic and more efficient.