Category: Science & Technology
MINERAL OF THE YEAR
Mineral discovered by a retired U medical technologist recently received the inaugural Mineral of the Year award for 2014.
Read MoreDETECTING DNA DAMAGE
Utah chemists find new way to detect DNA damage that can lead to disease-causing mutations.
Read MorePIG-SNOUTED TURTLE DISCOVERED
A 76-million-year-old extinct species of a pig-snouted turtle unearthed in Utah is one of the most complete skeletons of a turtle from the age of dinosaurs.
Read MoreU GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES GET FEDERAL RECOGNITION
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 MoreFROM BREAD TO BULB
Two U researchers have found a way to create LEDs from tortillas and soda.
Read MoreSCIENCE DAY AT THE U
Hundreds of high school students from Utah and neighboring states to learn about science at the 27th annual Science Day at the U.
Read MoreWHY ELEPHANTS RARELY GET CANCER
A study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University might have found the answer.
Read MorePRIZES ROLL IN FOR ‘FLASH-AND FREEZE’ POSTDOC
Shigeki 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 MoreCHINA TO FETE U CHEMIST
U organic chemist Peter Stang receiving the 2015 China’s Friendship Award.
Read MoreNEW AWARD FOR OLD HAND AT YELLOWSTONE
After 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’S WORLD – OF SCIENCE
Wayne Potts studies the genetics of coevolution, but his work reaches beyond the conventional boundaries of the field.
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