engineering

Toothpaste ads promise smiles that are out of this world. Now UNLV is assisting Colgate-Palmolive to put that claim to the test.Researchers from the…

Our state isn’t known for earthquakes, though we do get a lot of small ones. There were 22 last year alone.As it happens, the world turns to the…

The national push for more education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics began a few years ago. In 2007, Nevada ranked low in the number…

UNLV students recently took home first and second place at the Reynolds’ Cup Tri-State competition. It’s a contest where business and engineering students…

Two UNR scientists have created a system that helps the blind navigate through buildings. How does it work? And what other applications does it have? A…

Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager Pat Mulroy has called it the most complicated construction project in the country. It claimed its first…

Imagine bolting a battery and electric motor to your car, and automatically converting it to a hybrid. That's just one idea on display when UNLV…

Engineering students from UNR have built a concrete canoe and have won the regional competition in Berkeley, California. This is their seventh straight…

Two robots square off against each other. They're 120-pounds each of pure steel, shifting gears as they march slowly across the 27 x 54-foot field. Their…

Last August West Career and Technical Academy opened with 750 students in grades 9 and 10. The school was the last magnet high school planned from a 1998…