Live a Life of Discovery.
At the College of Science, our accomplished faculty, inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about.
Happening at the College of Science

Nevada NASA Space Grant recipients share progress on projects
Students in three colleges received funding for their research projects

200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time
Discovery reshapes our understanding of heat transfer in extreme materials, with implications for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science

Mechanisms for silencing duplicated genes revealed in recent article
Biology professor utilizes bioinformatics techniques to advance understanding of genetics
Building a future of discovery, together
We are a college of accomplished faculty and inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers. Every day, these great minds take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about. Imagine where we could go if we work together to support them. Will you join us?
The Mackay School
Explore degree programs and other opportunities within the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, an academic division within the College of Science.
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