Building a mobile, virtual reality classroom
Going well beyond video chatting, University of Utah students dissect virtual animals.
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Automatic trail cameras keep wildlife research going during pandemic
Researchers share how trail cameras enabled science to continue even without fieldwork
Read MoreRediscovery of the ‘extinct’ Pinatubo volcano mouse
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.
Read MoreHow do U…participate in crowdsourced science?
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Join in research projects from the comfort of your own home.
Read MoreHonoring Karl Gordon Lark
Renowned geneticist and father of molecular biology at the U passes away.
Read MoreWhy wait? New initiative gets students into the lab early
In 2020, the College of Science will give hundreds of undergraduates the opportunity to contribute to real research projects the year that they step onto campus.
Read MoreThe role of lizard lungs in evolutionary biology
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Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Quaid Harding
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“Worldwide, honeybee populations are in serious decline. That’s a big problem for humans—one in every three bites of food that you take were pollinated directly or indirectly by a bee.”
Read MoreUnique brain cells linked to OCD and anxiety
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In a new study, U scientists discovered a new lineage of specialized brain cells, called Hoxb8-lineage microglia, and established a link between the lineage and OCD and anxiety in mice.
Read MoreHow trees affect the weather
New research led by U biologists finds that some plants and trees’ water use can make droughts more intense.
Read MoreSex, lice and videotape
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Biologists drove the divergence of different-sized feather lice from a single population. In four years the evolved lice had trouble mating with each other, a sign of speciation and they caught it on tape.
Read MoreCampus is abuzz with innovation
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Celebrate Pollinator Week in the U’s new bee-friendly garden.
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