Mathematician unveils new model for understanding how cancers develop
Mathematics professor Frederick Adler explores “a modeling framework for cancer ecology and evolution.”
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Study pinpoints origins of creativity in the brain
Creative thought is a hallmark of humanity, but it’s an ephemeral, almost paradoxical ability, striking unexpectedly when it’s not sought out.
Read MoreOf ants and trees: ‘Evolutionary déjà vu’ in the tropical rainforest
U biologist Rodolfo Probst finds multiple ant species that have independently evolved the same specialized relationship with understory trees.
Read MoreWhat do cycling and rocks have to do with each other?
Categories: Faculty/Staff
U geologist Peter Lippert joins an international team blogging about the geology showcased in each stage of the Tour de France.
Read MoreNearly 1 in 10 pregnant people who get COVID will develop long COVID
Because symptoms of long COVID can overlap with symptoms of pregnancy itself, it’s especially important for obstetricians to be vigilant for them.
Read MoreScience of plant decomposition…and why it matters
U ecosystems ecologist Jennifer Follstad Shah explains her new research illustrating how human impacts affect decomposition of plant material in streams and what’s at stake for the environment.
Read MoreAirborne dust from Great Salt Lake playa has bigger impact on communities of color
New research demonstrates particulate pollution arising from the dry lakebed is harder on lower-income neighborhoods, highlighting another benefit of restoring GSL’s water levels.
Read MoreImagining life on other planets…and in students’ minds
Mary Fairbanks was among undergraduates in U biologist Martin Horvath’s lab whose recent research explores DNA repair systems of microbes that inhabit oxygen-free environments on the seafloor.
Read MoreAs the ball turns: Earth’s inner core is ‘backtracking’
Using seismic data to measure changes in solid core’s motion, geologists discover it now turns more slowly relative to surface of Earth.
Read MoreThe promising world of bacteriophages, the pathogen’s pathogen
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Feature (Utah.edu), Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Research, Students
Talia Karasov’s lab is trying to unlock the mystery of how bacteria harness viruses to wipe out the competition.
Read MoreA new way to eliminate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from environment
Utah materials scientists develop a fluorescent compound, called U-1, that lights up as it binds with PFAS.
Read MoreWhat the geologic record reveals about how the oceans were oxygenated
Chadlin Ostrander uses thallium isotopes to track the rise and fall of free oxygen on Earth 2.5 billion years ago, the process that enabled life as we know it.
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