They are developing a microchip for work in space that will be used to search for life on other planets as well as for monitoring the health of astronauts.
biology
Searching for life in the universe
May 16, 2022
Letters from the Galapagos Islands
January 20, 2022
Virtually join middle-schooler Nora Clayton’s journey as she embeds herself with a U research team.
Dark sky’s future leaders
April 1, 2021
The first undergraduate cohort of the dark sky studies minor completed the Dark Sky Studies Capstone course with projects that made an impact in Utah’s communities.
11 U students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
March 26, 2021
This is the second-largest U cohort to date.
Warming climate slows tropical birds’ population growth rates
March 9, 2021
A 30-year study in Tanzania shows temperature-linked population declines in species important to forests.
Building a mobile, virtual reality classroom
March 3, 2021
Going well beyond video chatting, University of Utah students dissect virtual animals.
Automatic trail cameras keep wildlife research going during pandemic
Mar 23, 2021
Researchers share how trail cameras enabled science to continue even without fieldwork
Rediscovery of the ‘extinct’ Pinatubo volcano mouse
January 22, 2021
In 1991, a volcano in the Philippines had the second-most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Its effects were devastating—but a mouse feared to have gone extinct survived.
How do U…participate in crowdsourced science?
January 22, 2021
Join in research projects from the comfort of your own home.
Honoring Karl Gordon Lark
April 22, 2020
Renowned geneticist and father of molecular biology at the U passes away.