Christmas trees and climate change
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Small choices can make a big impact this holiday season. Learn from a forest ecologist what Christmas tree is best for you and the environment.
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Origin and disappearance of Coast Salish Woolly Dog
Researchers and Coast Salish people analyze 160-year Indigenous dog pelt in the Smithsonian’s collection to understand the culturally significant Coast Salish Woolly Dog and counter the colonial narrative.
Read MoreLightning, camera, gamma ray!
Researchers captured the first-ever video of a lightning-triggered terrestrial gamma ray flash.
Read MoreCannabis use linked to unhealthy birth outcomes
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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
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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
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Chemist Jessica Swanson works with bacteria that eat methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, out of the atmosphere.
Read MoreAddressing America’s invisible, billion-dollar problem
The U’s Family Caregiving Collaborative is leading the way at the historic Caregiver Nation Summit in Washington D.C.
Read MoreDay of Disability & Neurodiversity helps build community
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Neurodiversity is hard to see, but it is a vital part of our campus community that deserves to be included.
Read MoreTelescope Array detects second highest-energy cosmic ray ever
Second only to the Oh-My-God particle, the newly dubbed Amaterasu particle deepens the mystery of the origin, propagation and particle physics of rare, ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
Read MoreIsotopes: Science’s ‘common currency’
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U geologist Gabriel Bowen explores isotopes to see what they can tell us about the world.
Read MoreCaving for bones
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How a tip from a citizen scientist led to deep discoveries in Utah’s caves.
Read MoreLife Science Workforce Initiative kicks-off
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A new partnership between the state of Utah, higher education, and life sciences industry leaders aims to keep Utah competitive globally by training and supporting students entering the workforce with highly technical skills. The University of Utah and Utah State University will be leading the effort to close that gap.
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