Your therapist wants you to go outside
Spending time in nature—even as little as 10 minutes—can yield short-term benefits for adults with mental illness.
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‘Miracle’ filter turns store-bought LEDs into spintronic devices
For the first time, scientists transformed existing optoelectronic devices into ones that can control electron spin at room temperature, without a ferromagnet or magnetic field.
Read MoreOf ants and trees: ‘Evolutionary déjà vu’ in the tropical rainforest
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U biologist Rodolfo Probst finds multiple ant species that have independently evolved the same specialized relationship with understory trees.
Read MoreNearly 1 in 10 pregnant people who get COVID will develop long COVID
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Because symptoms of long COVID can overlap with symptoms of pregnancy itself, it’s especially important for obstetricians to be vigilant for them.
Read MoreScience of plant decomposition…and why it matters
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U ecosystems ecologist Jennifer Follstad Shah explains her new research illustrating how human impacts affect decomposition of plant material in streams and what’s at stake for the environment.
Read MoreAstronomers find missing link in massive black hole formation
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“Once-in-a-career kind of finding”—the discovery is the best candidate for intermediate-mass black holes that astronomers have long believed to exist but have never found.
Read MoreAirborne dust from Great Salt Lake playa has bigger impact on communities of color
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New research demonstrates particulate pollution arising from the dry lakebed is harder on lower-income neighborhoods, highlighting another benefit of restoring GSL’s water levels.
Read MoreImagining life on other planets…and in students’ minds
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Mary Fairbanks was among undergraduates in U biologist Martin Horvath’s lab whose recent research explores DNA repair systems of microbes that inhabit oxygen-free environments on the seafloor.
Read MoreNanobubbles: Tiny powerhouses with huge potential
A U Environmental Engineering professor is at the forefront of new nanobubble technology.
Read MoreLoki’s horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades
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The Natural History Museum of Utah announced Lokiceratops rangiformis, the largest and most ornate horned dino ever found. Its distinctive horn pattern inspired its name, “Loki’s horned face that looks like a caribou.”
Read More‘Time cells’ in the brain are critical for complex learning
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As animals learn to distinguish between differently timed events, the pattern of time cell activity changes to represent each pattern of events differently.
Read MoreAs the ball turns: Earth’s inner core is ‘backtracking’
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Using seismic data to measure changes in solid core’s motion, geologists discover it now turns more slowly relative to surface of Earth.
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