Wilkes Center unveils map tool to model Great Salt Lake dust exposure
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Interactive webtool visualizes why healthy lake levels could keep some of the dust down.
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University leads out with new Athletics funding model
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The University of Utah is carving a path to college athletics sustainability that no other university has tried.
Read MoreGreat Salt Lake levels remain low, yet salinity remains close to healthy targets
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Annual Strike Team report outlines new dust-mitigation strategies, successes in controlling salinity and fresh projections on lake’s direction
Read MoreWhat past global warming reveals about future rainfall
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“Proxies” in geologic record show rainfall was more intense, but less regular during the Paleogene.
Read MoreStudents redesign popular apps, Adobe gives feedback
Multi-Disciplinary Design juniors present their final projects at Adobe’s headquarters in Lehi, receiving career-shaping feedback from a team of professional designers.
Read MoreU startup tackles e-waste with degradable materials
EnduraCure develops high-performance polymer substrates that can be chemically broken down to recover valuable electronic components.
Read MoreThe gut bacteria that put the brakes on weight gain in mice
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If the results apply in humans, Turicibacter-derived compounds could be effective therapeutics to promote metabolic health and healthy weight.
Read MoreHow biomedical innovation is healing animals to help people
New surgical device developed through U research is saving animals’ lives by helping them heal from serious, hard-to-treat infections—and providing a proof of concept for potential use in people.
Read MoreOnly cowbirds sing the watery blues
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Research led by U biologist Franz Goller reveals how cowbirds create ‘liquid’ notes by tightly controlling two sound sources in their vocal organ, mimicking the physics of falling water droplets.
Read MoreIndustry veteran expands Wilkes Center’s impact
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Fielding Norton brings expertise in climate- and insurance-technology to broaden the Wilkes Center’s role in society, including by supporting the innovation ecosystem and bolstering communities’ resiliency to climate change.
Read MoreGreat Salt Lake roundworm gets Shoshone name
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New study by U biologists characterizes D. woaabi, first of two nematode species recently found in the lake’s microbialites.
Read MoreNASA’s Chandra finds small galaxies buck the black hole trend
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Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes at their centers, contrasting with other studies that nearly every galaxy has one within their cores.
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