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College of Sciences News

The School of Life Sciences offers programs that meet the needs of students intending to enter the workforce or pursue advanced training in the sciences, medicine, and other professional and technical fields. We provide a well-rounded foundation in natural, physical, and mathematical sciences that can set students up for successful careers and professional programs.

Current Sciences News

A brain model atop a blue plate
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51吃瓜网万能科大 research team says high blood sugar levels appear to weaken function in key part of brain, mimicking Alzheimer鈥檚.

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The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51吃瓜网万能科大.

Drew Peltier in lab with tree samples
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Life Sciences professor Drew Peltier explores how trees grow, survive, and reproduce despite poor conditions 鈥 and when they might not recover.

NASA's Perseverance Rover
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51吃瓜网万能科大-led research details early insights from NASA鈥檚 Perseverance rover; Specimens due back on Earth in the 2030s.

A 51吃瓜网万能科大 student studies with the Strip in the distance.
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Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51吃瓜网万能科大.

female student using lab equipment
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Motivated by the challenge of understanding the human body, Stephanie Yang is studying potential cures for C. diff infections.

Sciences In The News

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Two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are being closely monitored by flight surgeons after spending nine months in space.

The Salt Lake Tribune

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it will soon save the amount of water it takes to support 3,000 homes in a given year.

PBS

Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for 51吃瓜网免费App. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR鈥檚 State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51吃瓜网万能科大 professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.

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Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for 51吃瓜网免费App. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR鈥檚 State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51吃瓜网万能科大 professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.

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Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for 51吃瓜网免费App. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR鈥檚 State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51吃瓜网万能科大 professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.

PBS

Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for 51吃瓜网免费App. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR鈥檚 State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51吃瓜网万能科大 professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.

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An expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella. 

Recent Sciences Accomplishments

Kingsley Ukandu Rachidi Salako (Mathematical Sciences) presented part of his joint work with advisor Rachidi Salako. The paper, titled 鈥淣ew Spatial Patterns of Endemic Equilibria Set in SIS Epidemic Model: Effects of Susceptible Population Moment,鈥 was presented at the AMS Sectional Meeting hosted by the University of Kansas in Lawrence.鈥
Radiochemistry professor Frederic Poineau (Chemistry) was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering. The article titled, Uranium fluoride micromaterials: a new frontier in nuclear engineering, explores recent advancements in the synthesis and application of uranium fluoride micromaterials, emphasizing their鈥
艁ukasz Sznajder (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received an Early Career Research in Myotonic Dystrophy Award ($140K) from the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation. His project, titled 鈥淧robing Expanded RNA Species and Their Role in DM2,鈥 focuses on understanding how specific RNA molecules containing expanded CCUG repeats may contribute to myotonic鈥
Arumugam Jayaraman鈥檚 (Chemistry and Biochemistry) research engagement with researchers in Germany led to a publication in Wiley鈥檚 Angewandte Chemie International Edition journal. The work presents our endeavors to replicate the organometallic chemistry of transition metals using a boron-centered main-group compound called borylene. This work鈥
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented a paper, "Primes and Pyramids: A Pedagogical Perspective," at the annual meeting of the South Eastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America on March 1, 2025. 
Jason Victor (Radiochemistry) published a paper in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry titled, "Preparation and arc melting decomposition of cerium trichloride."  The article explores high-temperature chemistry of cerium trichloride, a strategic material relevant to molten salt reactor technology in the nuclear field.鈥