Video game greatness
University of Utah’s EAE video game design program ranked No. 1 in the country.
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New perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow
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LEDs led to the high-definition viewing experience we’ve come to expect from our screens. A new type of LED that utilizes spintronics could take displays to the next level.
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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U alum Thomas Stucky, a KBRwyle engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, talked about NASA’s mission to search for life on Mars—and prepare for future human explorers.
Read MoreA reversal of Earth’s geomagnetic field
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Approximately 42,000 years ago the Earth’s geomagnetic field reversed, triggering dramatic climate shifts and fueling ecological change on a global scale.
Read MoreEmbracing grace, grief and humor at Sundance
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The New Narratives panel hosted filmmakers and activists discussing the power of science and storytelling to influence new approaches to mental illness.
Read MoreAsymptomatic testing available now
All U staff, students and faculty can take weekly accurate saliva tests without exhibiting symptoms, run by the Health Sciences Center Sequencing Core lab.
Read MoreRediscovery of the ‘extinct’ Pinatubo volcano mouse
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In 1991, a volcano in the Philippines had the second-most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Its effects were devastating—but a mouse feared to have gone extinct survived.
Read MoreHow do U… host a fun virtual event?
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“Event planners always have to be creative, but we’ve had to be really creative during this pandemic,” said Ashlee Christofferson, assistant director of programming at the A. Ray Olpine University Union.
Read MoreSARS-CoV-2-like particles very sensitive to temperature
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A new study suggests that as temperatures get cooler, particles on surfaces will remain infectious longer.
Read MoreRestorative justice preferred among the Enga
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Advocates have called for a restorative justice system that repairs harm done to victims and reintegrates wrongdoers into society. The Enga of Papua New Guinea balance retribution and restitution.
Read MoreCOVID-19 antibody tests can guide public health, policy decisions
It’s too soon to use COVID-19 antibody testing to issue “immunity passports,” but they are good enough to inform public health decisions.
Read More3i Initiative unites U researchers in times of need
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The flash flood-like emergence of COVID-19 has shined a spotlight on those three “I” words and the efforts of University of Utah Health’s Immunology, Inflammation, and Infectious Disease (3i) initiative.
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