Are LA’s wildfires a look into Utah’s future?
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Tom Cova, expert in environmental hazards emergency management, gives insight into the Los Angeles wildfires and the best practices for keeping fire-prone communities safe.
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Despite questions and critique, Utah higher education leaders are optimistic
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Ahead of Utah’s annual legislative session, University of Utah President Taylor Randall joined Geoffrey Landward, Utah’s commissioner of higher education, and Mitzi Montoya, the U’s provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, in a panel discussion.
Read MoreBionic LUKE Arm faces first test in day-to-day use
Thought-controlled prosthesis, developed by U engineers, undergoes clinical trial outside lab.
Read MoreDriving economic growth through collaborative research
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Randall and Elizabeth Cantwell, president of Utah State University, joined together as the leaders of Utah’s two R1 institutions to present to the Utah Board of Higher Education.
Read MorePacific Islander teens assert identity through language
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Pacific Islanders attending more diverse schools pronounced vowels subtly differently than students in a predominantly white school, confirming the theory that groups differentiate along ethnic lines.
Read More‘Brand new physics’ for next generation spintronics
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Physicists discover a unique quantum behavior that offers a new way to manipulate electron-spin and magnetization to push forward cutting-edge spintronic technologies, like neuromorphic computing.
Read MoreWoodrats use ‘quantity over quality’ as a detox plan
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U biologists discover surprising answers for how the tiny rodent quickly evolved tolerance to a poisonous diet of creosote bushes.
Read MoreBuilding a multilayered drug delivery system activated by ultrasound
Researchers led by U biomedical engineer Jan Kubanek developed a way to deliver therapeutic levels of drugs to the brain in ways that maximize their benefit and minimize risks.
Read MoreAnti-HIV drug U biochemist helped develop named Breakthrough of the Year
Wesley Sundquist conducted basic research that led to the drug lenacapavir, “a pivotal step toward diminishing HIV/AIDS as a global health crisis.”
Read MoreNew gene therapy reverses heart failure in large animal model
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It remains to be seen if it will work for people who have picked up a natural immunity to the virus that carries the therapy.
Read MoreTailocins: The next generation of antibiotics could come from viruses that infect bacteria
Basic science is paving the way for novel solutions to global challenges, like antibiotic resistance.
Read MoreAI: Friend and foe to the environment
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AI’s impacts on the environment, dangers of AI-generated and -amplified misinformation and using AI for wildfire forecasting were discussed at the One-U Responsible AI Initiative symposium.
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