U designs innovative respirator system
The Center for Medical Innovation at U of U Health has designed a new filtered respirator system to provide health care workers safe and reusable PPE for working with COVID-19 patients.
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Reverse Alchemy
A huge LED screen in Times Square shows gold coins dissolving in a solution. York Smith, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering, facilitated the science behind the art.
Read MoreDiscover parasite biodiversity from home
Millions of specimens are sitting in museums all over the world, but a lack of digital records make them hard to find and study. Help biologists discover parasite biodiversity.
Read MoreU of U Health and Intermountain Healthcare launch COVID-19 clinical drug trials
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Students
Trials to test the effectiveness and safety of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat patients with COVID-19.
Read MoreEmpowering rural doctors to treat advanced heart failure improves patient outcomes
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Students
Training rural doctors can help heart failure patients who can’t travel for follow-up appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreMucus and the coronavirus
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Covid 19, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Biomedical engineers to study how mucus plays a part in transferring coronaviruses from person to person.
Read MoreChanging forests
In a warming climate, tree communities, particularly in more arid regions, are becoming more drought tolerant primarily through the death of less hardy trees.
Read MoreU-led consortium improves medical device design
The effectiveness of medical devices comes down to one simple question: Is it usable or not? A U-led consortium helps manufacturers design more usable devices.
Read More2021 ‘Best Graduate Schools’
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Business, Campus Life, Faculty/Staff, Home Page, Law & Politics, Rankings & Numbers, Science & Technology, Students
New rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out—see how the U ranked in the 2021 “Best Graduate Schools.”
Read More5 ways that U scientists are addressing the COVID-19 pandemic
Within a few short weeks, more than a dozen new research studies have popped up across the U to study coronavirus.
Read MorePhysicists test coronavirus particles against temperature, humidity
One of the biggest unknowns about the coronavirus is how changing seasons will affect its spread. U physicists have received the university’s first COVID-19-related grant to tackle the question.
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