SDSS-V’s robots turn their eyes to the sky
After 21 years of observers loading heavy aluminum plates night after night, the cosmos are now visible through robotic eyes.
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Polar adventures in math
Researchers Ken Golden and Jody Reimer use math to understand changing polar environments.
Read MoreDarwin’s short-beak enigma solved
A mutation in the ROR2 gene is linked to beak size reduction in numerous breeds of domestic pigeons. Surprisingly, mutations in ROR2 also underlie a human disorder called Robinow syndrome.
Read MoreBe the light in your community
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Scientist and inventor Alice Min Soo Chun demonstrated how she used STEM to change communities and encouraged Indigenous graduates to do the same.
Read MoreCutting through noise for better solar cells
U physicists analyzed electrical noise to detect formerly invisible inefficiencies in solar cells and identified the physical processes that caused them. The technique could make future solar cells more efficient.
Read MoreNew effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.
Read More11 U students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
This is the second-largest U cohort to date.
Read MoreBlack holes and humankind
Learn how understanding black holes can help us understand ourselves.
Read MoreNew perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow
LEDs led to the high-definition viewing experience we’ve come to expect from our screens. A new type of LED that utilizes spintronics could take displays to the next level.
Read MoreBuilding a mobile, virtual reality classroom
Going well beyond video chatting, University of Utah students dissect virtual animals.
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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.
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