Silencing the booming chorus
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From 2007 to 2009, a yellow fever virus outbreak nearly decimated El Parque El Piñalito’s howler monkey populations. Exposure to a past virus may have aided brown howlers’ survival.
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Global engagement in the time of COVID
Dr. Steve Burian helps train Pakistan’s next generation of professors.
Read MoreUtah’s young population contributes to relatively low COVID-19 death rate
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Utahns should continue to proceed with caution.
Read MoreYour hair knows what you eat and how much your haircut costs
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Isotopes in hair reveal connection between diet and socioeconomic status.
Read MoreHow Salt Lake’s buildings affect its climate future
Researchers say that building policies now can have big impacts on energy use in the future.
Read MoreComet NEOWISE lit up skies and social media
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Comet NEOWISE blazed across the skies of the northern hemisphere and won’t return for 6,800 years. If you missed it, never fear—the University of Utah community captured stunning photos of this once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event.
Read MoreRising temps put desert shrubs in high-efficiency mode
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Long-term observations track Mojave Desert plants’ responses to climate change.
Read MoreGamma-ray scientists bring distant stars into focus
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For the first time in nearly 50 years, stellar intensity interferometry has been used to take the measure of the stars.
Read MoreLargest 3-D map of the universe ever created
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The results are measurements of more than 2 million galaxies and quasars covering 11 billion years of cosmic time.
Read MoreGerald Stringfellow’s bright idea
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The legacy of the U’s mastermind behind LED-based technology was honored in a video from the National Academy of Inventors.
Read MorePioneering method reveals dynamic structure in HIV
The new technique can track molecules in real time, at room temperature, with impressive resolution.
Read MoreRecovered, but uncertain
Clement Chow found himself on the leading edge of a tidal wave as one of the first COVID-19 cases in Utah.
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