DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve
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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument found that dark energy may be weakening over time—and the standard model of how the universe works may need an update.
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Pearl Sandick named Interim Dean of the College of Science
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Associate Dean Pearl Sandick will begin working in this new role on March 15, 2025
Read MoreStephen Chu’s random walk in science
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Nobel laureate and former Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu enraptured the Frontiers of Science audience with stories of his life, including the Deepwater Horizon crisis.
Read More‘Vast discovery’ of black holes in dwarf galaxies
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New U-led research from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument reveals 300 new intermediate-mass black holes and 2,500 dwarf galaxies with active black holes, tripling the existing census for both.
Read MoreU, Cote-d’Azur students tackle climate-water solutions
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Two future hosts of the Winter Olympic Games, the U and Université Côte d’Azur, join forces to tackle water-climate solutions at the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy 2025 Hackathon.
Read MoreNational Donor Day: A student’s transplant journey
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For National Donor Day on Feb. 14, a biology student shares how receiving her first liver transplant as a teenager ignited a passion for medical research and patient advocacy.
Read More‘Brand new physics’ for next generation spintronics
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Physicists discover a unique quantum behavior that offers a new way to manipulate electron-spin and magnetization to push forward cutting-edge spintronic technologies, like neuromorphic computing.
Read MoreWoodrats use ‘quantity over quality’ as a detox plan
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U biologists discover surprising answers for how the tiny rodent quickly evolved tolerance to a poisonous diet of creosote bushes.
Read MorePlan to share services meets strategic goals
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Shared service models focus on ensuring equitable and efficient work across colleges with different resources and staffing numbers.
Read MoreAI: Friend and foe to the environment
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AI’s impacts on the environment, dangers of AI-generated and -amplified misinformation and using AI for wildfire forecasting were discussed at the One-U Responsible AI Initiative symposium.
Read MorePurity at a premium in critical metals
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University of Utah researchers secure major funding to advance domestic critical metals production.
Read MoreNew cohort of Presidential Scholars announced
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The newest cohort of Presidential Scholars at the U are navigating frontiers in a variety of fields.
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