UNLV Study Finds No Iron Benefit from Eating Placenta
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)First clinical study of its kind finds no benefit for women who eat their placenta as a source of needed iron after giving birth.
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Released: 4-Nov-2016 8:00 AM EDT
Released: 28-Nov-2016 5:05 PM EST
Cancer Risks in Blacks: 'A Complex, Entangled Web'
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)Breakthrough UNLV study shows major differences between the types of cancer and mortality rates of U.S.-born blacks versus those who emigrate from the Caribbean.
Release date: 16-Jan-2017 2:05 PM EST
quick take diversity mainstreaming and civic engagement
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)UNLV law professor answers questions about civic engagement and why she believes it is a key component of preserving American democracy.
Release date: 10-Feb-2017 7:05 AM EST
9 11 fiction empathy and otherness
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)Liberal arts professor Tim Gauthier explores post-9/11 fiction to determine what these stories say about how the tragedy changed us.
Released: 15-Mar-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Oral Health Key to Understanding Humanity's Past, Study Says
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)Oral health of modern day African tribe transitioning from hunting and gathering to agricultural diet challenges long held presumptions about our Stone Age ancestors.
Released: 16-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Study Confirms Motorists Less Likely to Stop for Black Pedestrians
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)The research may help explain why people of color are disproportionately affected by fatal pedestrian crashes.
Released: 22-May-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Study Challenges Understanding of Climate History
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)UNLV research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history; study appears in latest issue of top journal Nature Geoscience.
Released: 5-Jun-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Study: Collateral Damage from Cosmic Rays Increases Cancer Risks for Mars Astronauts
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a UNLV study predicting a dramatic increase in the disease for astronauts traveling to the red planet or on long-term missions outside the protection of Earth's magnetic field. New predictive model, published in Scientific Reports, shows radiation from cosmic rays extends from damaged to otherwise healthy 'bystander' cells.
Released: 12-Jul-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Sleep Elusive? New Study Shows There鈥檚 a Reason for That.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)Researchers from UNLV, Duke University, and the University of Toronto, Mississauga, have found that mismatched sleep schedules and restless nights may be an evolutionary leftover from a time many, many years ago, when a lion lurking in the shadows might try to eat you at 2 a.m.
Released: 16-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Parenting in the Age of YouTubeKids
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)Benjamin Burroughs spends hours studying children's videos on YouTube. A father of three kids who teaches and researches how technology shapes people's lives, Burroughs is fascinated by the growing number of fun, elaborate entertainment videos aimed at babies, toddlers, and children up to 5 years old. The videos may offer parents a break and provide young minds with stimulating content.
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