Category: Science & Technology
Chasing dreams: Paralympian excels on snow and in classroom
Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Belonging, Community, Health & Medicine, Olympics, Research, Science & Technology, Students
Sydney Peterson is not only one of the best adaptive Nordic skiers in the world, but she is also a Paralympic champion.
Read MoreU engineers demonstrate lightweight ‘exoskeleton’ that helps stroke survivors walk
Categories: Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Wearable robotics takes a step forward in improving the lives of patients with hemiparesis
Read MoreU’s agreement with federal patent officials to help propel innovation across Mountain West
Categories: Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Research Impact, Science & Technology
Lauding Utah’s tech commercialization pipeline, officials celebrated new community engagement office’s opening on Feb. 20, in Research Park.
Read MorePhysicists open door to future, hyper-efficient ‘orbitronic’ devices
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
For the first time ever, researchers prove that atomic vibrations can transfer orbital angular momentum directly to electrons in a non-magnetic material, the most streamlined system yet in orbitronics.
Read MoreU to expand innovation support across West in partnership with USPTO
Categories: Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Law & Politics, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Federal patent officials celebrated a new community engagement office’s opening Friday in Research Park.
Read MoreThe battle for breath: Controlling Great Salt Lake dust
Categories: Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Research Impact, Science & Technology
Engineered dust control measures would have costs and tradeoffs, constrained by water availability, says a study led by atmospheric sciences professor Kevin Perry.
Read MoreLawmakers propose $100M fund to support university research
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Finances, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, President, Research, Research Impact, Science & Technology, University Startups
The U and USU have achieved much, but Sen. Ann Millner and Rep. Karen Peterson say the time has come for the state to make serious investments to build capacity that drives discovery and innovation.
Read MoreDeconstructing 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 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 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 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.
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