US forests face an unclear future with climate change
The regions most at risk to lose forest carbon through fire, climate stress or insect damage are those regions where many forest carbon offset projects have been set up.
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The week-end effect: How humans and wildlife coexist along a functional landscape
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Some mammals alter activity patterns to avoid human weekend activity.
Read MoreThe IRB and me: What’s it like to be an Institutional Review Board member?
Part 4 of a four-part series about the Institutional Review Board introduces two board members and shows how they advocate for research participants.
Read MoreThe IRB and me: How does the IRB protect research participants?
Part 3 of a four-part series about the Institutional Review Board explores all sides of the research participant experience.
Read MoreThe IRB and me: How does the Institutional Review Board help researchers?
Part 2 of a four-part series about the Institutional Review Board shows how an ecologist learned the ropes of the IRB process.
Read MoreThe IRB and me: What is the Institutional Review Board?
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Part 1 of a four-part series about the Institutional Review Board explores how it started and how it’s going.
Read MoreNew study questions decades-long understanding of gamma ray bursts
On Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense gamma-ray radiation swept through our solar system. The new source turned out to be the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed.
Read MoreDemographics of children identified with autism are shifting
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A new analysis found that among Utah children aged 8 years old, rates of autism were equal in White children and children from historically underserved populations.
Read MoreBuilding bionics
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How technologies are going to enhance the human body and end physical disability.
Read MoreThe future of the Great Salt Lake
Scientists, water policy experts, politicians and community leaders discussed the future of the Great Salt Lake at the Wallace Stegner Center 28th Annual Symposium.
Read MoreCoffee plantations limit birds’ diets
Habitat disruption and changes in diet threaten bird species’ survival.
Read MoreUtah’s graphics pioneers
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The U will host a historic event on March 23-24 celebrating visionaries who developed computer graphics.
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