Chemistry in pictures
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Assignment teaches students real-life applications of classroom learning.
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Releasing the Kraken
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U chemist helps launch vast library of virtual organic chemical compounds
Read MoreOrganic crystals’ ice-forming superpowers
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Research shows how organic crystals in aerosols can help turn water to ice.
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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U alum Thomas Stucky, a KBRwyle engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, talked about NASA’s mission to search for life on Mars—and prepare for future human explorers.
Read MoreDesign and test potential COVID-19 treatments from your phone
You’re invited to join the search for COVID-19 treatments—no lab coat or Ph.D. necessary.
Read MorePolymers to the rescue! Saving cells from damaging ice
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New research by University of Utah chemists provides the foundation to design efficient polymers that can prevent the growth of ice that damages cells.
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 MoreHumans of the U: Cynthia Burrows
“If somebody gave me millions of dollars and set me in an isolated lab, I don’t think I’d make any impact. Impact is all about collaborating with other people, bouncing ideas off them, realizing they have a different technique. It’s a human endeavor, science.”
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Chemistry Chair Cynthia Burrows received the 2019 Rosenblatt Prize and was honored during the 2019 commencement ceremony for transcending ordinary teaching, research and administrative efforts.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Hollie Morales
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“I never fathomed that I’d become a widow at 34, left to raise my four children alone, the oldest 15, the baby 2. Medulloblastoma was supposed to be a pediatric brain tumor, so how could it put a 36-year-old man in the grave in just eight months? It felt like déjà vu. My daddy died from glioblastoma brain cancer when I was 20 …. But I’m not going to tell you a sob story. I started school at 35 determined to make a difference in the world of cancer and this fall, I’ll embark upon my next quest—a Ph.D. in oncological sciences studying brain cancer here at the U. If I am able to make a difference in just one life all the years of studying, sleepless nights and sacrificing a social life will be worth it.”
Read MoreUtah’s most explosive holiday tradition
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The Faraday chemistry lectures entertain and teach.
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