Division of Research News
UNLV's Division of Research creates a campus environment that supports and promotes superior research, creative, and scholarly pursuits. This ensures that our students and faculty can recognize their full intellectual potential.
Current Research News
By making it easier to trace components used in detonations, Liuba Pauline Williams is helping prevent the spread of nuclear materials.
How UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute is both shaping and changing the conversation around marijuana.
Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.
UNLV geochemist Libby Hausrath – a member of NASA's Mars Sample Return Team – and colleagues share stunning new research in the latest issue of the journal Science.
The first Neuroscience Research Showcase brings together experts across disciplines to share their work and spark new collaborations.
Dr. Winn Chatham and his team are forging ahead with their research, bolstered by the promise of more rheumatologists practicing in Southern Nevada thanks to the new fellowship program.
Research In The News
With artificial intelligence now embedded in what seems to be everything, researchers are beginning to question how its speed and precision might influence human behavior.
Every parent wants their child to be happy, healthy, and thriving. But many whose children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder worry that it will make their lives more difficult.
Although Elaine Wynn, co-founder of Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts, died April 14 at the age of 82, her influence will continue to be felt on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond for decades.
MGM Resorts International is advertising an offshore casino and sports betting site that is off limits to gamblers in the United States — a move that could prompt more regulatory headaches for the company, which recently paid $16 million to state and federal authorities for violating anti-money laundering laws.
A casino executive speaking at this week’s “Cannabis & Gaming” discussion hosted by UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute and International Gaming Institute opined that the legal gaming and weed industries could benefit from collaboration. But until there’s a federal change to cannabis’ classification as a Schedule 1 narcotic, that alignment will likely remain on hold.
Las Vegas tourism and gaming leaders are pressing Nevada officials to re-evaluate decades-old restrictions separating cannabis and casino businesses. They assert that updated regulations could revitalize the troubled tourism market and enhance competitiveness.
