Like the little engine that could, the University of Nevada, Reno experiment to transform wastewater sludge to electrical power is chugging along, dwarfed by the million-gallon tanks, pipes and pumps at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility where, ultimately, the plant’s electrical power could be supplied on-site by the process University researchers are developing.
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University of Nevada, Reno, teams with IMMY to make new life-saving blood test
RENO, Nev. — A new, rapid blood test that could lead to early diagnosis and potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people stricken with fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries, is get…
New model by University of Nevada for how Nevada gold deposits formed may help in gold exploration
RENO, Nev. — A team of University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas researchers have devised a new model for how Nevada’s gold deposits formed, which may help in exploration efforts for new gold deposits.
The deposits, …
Breakthrough in worm research has implications for human disease studies
RENO, Nev. — It’s just a worm, a tiny soil-dwelling nematode worm — but the implications are big for biomedicine and circadian biology as shown in a recent study authored by University of Nevada, Reno researcher Alexander van der Linden. The art…
Mounting research shows increased health risks from volcanic air pollution
RENO, Nev. — Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s big island has been erupting on its east rift since 1983. But, in March 2008, an additional eruption vent opened at the volcano’s summit, resulting in about triple the amount of sulfur dioxide gas (SO2)…
University of Nevada professor studies structural basis for autism disorders
RENO, Nev. — There is still much that is unknown about autism spectrum disorders, but a University of Nevada, Reno psychologist has added to the body of knowledge that researchers around the world are compiling to try to demystify, prevent and tre…