A roadmap for rescuing the Great Salt Lake
Conservation won’t be enough to save Utah’s inland sea. Saved water must be “shepherded” to the lake, rather than used by someone else.
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Facing a terminal diagnosis with the help of ketamine
U researchers explore use of the hallucinogenic drug in clinical trials to help cancer patients cope with mental health challenges.
Read MoreDon’t be fooled by last year’s big winter. Great Salt Lake remains in trouble
The U hosts a data and policy update from the Great Salt Lake strike team next week as Utah lawmakers prepare for the 2024 legislative session.
Read MoreUnraveling the mysteries of fog in complex terrain
With Heber Valley study, U researchers shed new light on how fog forms in mountainous areas, providing insights for improving forecasts for a weather phenomenon that poses serious travel hazards.
Read MoreUtah engineers’ self-assembly techniques enable a new type of wafer-scale chiral matter
At the nanoscale, the smallest structural differences can have a big impact.
Read MoreThe science behind snowflakes
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In a study that could enhance weather forecasting, Utah researchers discover that how snowflakes move is astonishingly predictable.
Read MoreHow debating helps refugees find success in Utah
In its second year, the U’s Refugee Debate League provides free instruction in rhetorical skills to displaced people resettling in Utah.
Read MoreCannabis use linked to unhealthy birth outcomes
In a U study of 9,000 pregnancies, 25.9% of mothers who use pot see adverse outcomes, versus 17.4% for those who don’t use.
Read MoreGeoscientists map changes in atmospheric CO2 over past 66 million years
Carbon dioxide has not been as high as today’s concentrations in 14 million years thanks to fossil fuel emissions now warming the planet.
Read MoreHow microbes can combat climate change
Chemist Jessica Swanson works with bacteria that eat methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, out of the atmosphere.
Read MoreIsotopes: Science’s ‘common currency’
U geologist Gabriel Bowen explores isotopes to see what they can tell us about the world.
Read MoreProtecting kids from Utah’s worsening dust pollution
With federal funding, professor Kerry Kelly will deploy PM10 monitors at 50 schools to produce highly localized forecasts.
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