A win for the environment and the economy in the Southwest
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The University of Utah is part of a $15M, NSF-funded initiative that will power regional climate solutions that offer economic opportunities.
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Humans of the U: Henry Crandall
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“I wanted to create a way to help myself and my peers in the biomedical, life science and biotech fields make more connections with industry.”
Read MoreUniversity launches Impact 2030 planning process
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With the launch of a new, 5-year strategic plan, the aspirational will become even more concrete.
Read MoreOne fossil is upending our understanding of Ankylosaur behavior
Perfectly preserved skin from a fossil of Zuul crurivastator, a dinosaur named after the dog from Ghostbusters, gives unprecedented insight into the social behavior of the dinosaurs.
Read MoreThe ‘Barbenheimer Star’
A blockbuster of a star exploded in a way previously thought impossible, resulting in an unusual pattern of elemental ashes that left behind a trail of evidence still visible billions of years later.
Read MoreA roadmap for rescuing the Great Salt Lake
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Conservation won’t be enough to save Utah’s inland sea. Saved water must be “shepherded” to the lake, rather than used by someone else.
Read MoreRaising awareness about radon
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Many people don’t know that buildings should be checked for elevated radon levels every two to five years and how to get a test.
Read MorePsychoactive psilocybin’s evolution in ‘magic mushrooms’
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Largest diversity study of the genus Psilocybe investigates the evolution of psilocybin production. They found that Psilocybe arose around when the dinosaur-killing asteroid caused a mass extinction event.
Read More2023: A year in perspective
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The U continues to rise toward excellence, with an even stronger reputation as one of the nation’s leading research universities.
Read MoreU games program expands to South Korea
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With market interest in game-related development and employment on the rise, the U has expanded.
Read MoreNematode proteins shed light on infertility
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U biologists identified how the synaptonemal complex regulates gene exchanges between chromosomes in nematodes, a process remarkably similar across sexually reproducing organisms and a leading cause of infertility in humans.
Read MoreUnraveling the mysteries of fog in complex terrain
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With Heber Valley study, U researchers shed new light on how fog forms in mountainous areas, providing insights for improving forecasts for a weather phenomenon that poses serious travel hazards.
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