The journal Nature Genetics published online a special issue on Tuesday Oct. 26 dealing with the question of what we consider “race” and how it relates to genetic differences and similarities among humans.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics has been named one of U.S.News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for the 11th year–Utah’s only health-care institution on the list.
Read More“Grassroots” party presidential and vice presidential candidates Alex Lowe and Bobby Harrington are the winners of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) final elections. Lowe and Harrington beat RE: Party candidates Chris Carlston and Ali Hasnain by 755 votes. (Lowe and Harrington received 2,936 votes. Carlston and Hasnain received 2,181votes.) The results were made public during an announcement party in the Olpin Union’s Crimson Underground last night.
Read MoreUtah Department of Transportation (UDOT) snowplow drivers are undergoing training with state-of-the-art snowplow simulators Nov. 10-21 in an effort to better develop their skills. The training program is a joint project by UDOT, General Electric’s Driver Development unit and the University of Utah.
Read MoreThe University Hospitals & Clinics will hold an open house Saturday, Aug. 2, noon-4 p.m., at the Redwood Health Center, to introduce a new medical team dedicated to serve Spanish-speaking patients.
Read MoreWhen 4,500 petroleum geologists convene in Salt Lake City on Sunday May 11, the University of Utah Energy & Geosciences Institute (EGI) will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its origin, and then help host the convention.
Read MoreFor the first time in nine years, NASA and other federal agencies will use aircraft and satellites this summer to mount an intensive, U.S.-based study of how hurricanes are born and rapidly intensify, and a University of Utah meteorologist is one of three project scientists leading the study.
Read MoreAfter receiving only the fourth U.S. implant of a new-generation, Utah-made ventricular assist (VAD ) device, an Idaho man with heart failure is looking forward to resuming an active life following an operation on March 17 at University of Utah Hospital.
Read MoreWhen University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it worked and some doubted it was real. Now, a decade later, the Utah researchers have found these “random lasers” occur because of natural, mirror-like cavities in the polymers, and they say such lasers may prove useful for diagnosing cancer.
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