Branches of the Defense and Interior departments have designated the U’s Department of Geography as a Center of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences, which involves mapping, measuring and simulating geographic locations.
Read MoreTwo U researchers have found a way to create LEDs from tortillas and soda.
Read MoreHundreds of high school students from Utah and neighboring states to learn about science at the 27th annual Science Day at the U.
Read MoreA study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University might have found the answer.
Read MoreShigeki Watanabe, a postdoctoral fellow in biology, receives two major prizes for neuroscience and cell biology for developing a “flash-and-freeze” method of watching nerve cells in action.
Read MoreU organic chemist Peter Stang receiving the 2015 China’s Friendship Award.
Read MoreAfter spending decades tromping around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks to study their volcanic and seismic hazards, awards keep pouring in for Bob Smith, a research and emeritus professor of geology and geophysics.
Read MoreWayne Potts studies the genetics of coevolution, but his work reaches beyond the conventional boundaries of the field.
Read MoreA remarkably detailed picture of the climate and ecology during the Triassic Period explains why dinosaurs failed to establish dominance near the equator for 30 million years.
Read MorePhysicists plan to expand Telescope Array cosmic ray observatory, seeking the source of the most energetic particles in the universe.
Read MoreGenomics England announced it will be using technology co-developed with the U to interpret the DNA of Britons as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project.
Read MoreThe U’s Neuroscience Initiative awarded seed grants to six collaborative projects aimed at deepening our understanding of the brain and finding innovative solutions for patient care.
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