Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair
Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns’ hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.
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Deconstructing LEGOs
Categories: Arts & Humanities, Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Science & Technology
Jan. 28 is International LEGO Day. We’re celebrating with Chris Ingraham whose book, “LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media,” is a multi-faceted exploration of LEGO fandom.
Read MoreCleaner ship fuel changed clouds, but not their climate balance
After maritime shipping emissions were sharply reduced following a mandated switch in fuels, U scientists sprang into action to see how the change would affect cloud formation over North Atlantic.
Read MoreNear-infrared light therapy shows promise for protecting football players’ brains
Preliminary study indicates emerging treatment could prevent brain inflammation caused by repeated impacts.
Read MoreNew president’s initiative on federalism, law, and American governance
The new initiative reflects President Taylor Randall’s commitment to innovating the university of the future and the institution’s long-standing legacy of socially impactful scholarly engagement with questions of human dignity, freedom, responsibility, and civic life.
Read MoreBringing the humanities to the masses: Tanner unveils spring lineup
Authors C. Thi Nguyen and Cory Doctorow headline Tanner Humanities Center’s upcoming events that explore the high costs of cheap analytics.
Read MoreThis wild potato may change the agricultural story in the American Southwest
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Academia has long dismissed the notion that Indigenous people of the American Southwest domesticated native plants.
Read MoreWhy the number 22 matters in glaucoma care—and is it time to rethink it?
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Students
Moran ophthalmologists document heavy reliance on long-standing eye pressure threshold in treating glaucoma, possibly at the expensive of optimal decision making.
Read More150-million-year-old fossil is the link between birds and dinosaurs
Categories: Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Science & Technology, Students
Jingmai O’Connor will discuss Achaeopteryx at NHMU’s DinoFest Prehistoric Skies. Jan. 31-Feb. 1 will be a weekend of experts, workshops and special-collections access all focused on the creatures that filled the prehistoric skies.
Read MoreUtah’s other Great Salt Lake is underground, ancient, deep and fresh
U researchers begin to characterize the mountain-derived groundwater extending thousands of feet below the playa.
Read MoreWilkes Center unveils map tool to model Great Salt Lake dust exposure
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Interactive webtool visualizes why healthy lake levels could keep some of the dust down.
Read MoreUniversity leads out with new Athletics funding model
The University of Utah is carving a path to college athletics sustainability that no other university has tried.
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