Microbubbles are much bigger than they sound. If all goes as planned during a demonstration project in eastern China, microbubble technology developed at the University of Utah has the potential to boost a wide range of environmental cleanup efforts around the world. Uses include removing oil and gas byproducts from water, removing organics and heavy metals from industrial sites, and removing harmful algae from lakes.
Read MoreThe college job forecast from CareerRookie.com, a division of CareerBuilder, finds the overall job market for 2010 college graduates will remain highly competitive, but is showing some signs of improvement.
Read MoreThe University of Utah now is ranked first in the country along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in creating new startup companies from research-based inventions.
Read More2009 Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., whose prize-winning work began at the University of Utah, is returning to campus to present a Benning Society Special Lecture in Medicine. His remarks will explain the structure and function of the ribosome, how the ribosome structure helps us to understand the mechanisms of existing antibiotics and develop new ones, and the role the U of U played in his research.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah researchers used data from Portuguese water dogs – the breed of President Barack Obama’s dog Bo – to help find a gene that gives some dogs curly hair and others long, wavy hair.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Singers, an elite choral ensemble of the U’s School of Music, has been awarded first prize at the 11th annual International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany.
Read MoreMapping the billions of connections in the brain is a grand challenge in neuroscience. The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the use of room-size microscopes known as transmission electron microscopes (TEMs). Until now the process of mapping even small areas of the brain using these massive machines would have required several decades. In this week’s open-access journal PLoS Biology, research teams at the University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder report technical advances that have reduced the time it takes to process high-speed “color” ultrastructure mapping of brain regions down to a few months.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biologists discovered that young “right whales” learn from their mothers where to eat, raising concern about their ability to find new places to feed if Earth’s changing climate disrupts their traditional dining areas.
Read MoreDrivers are far more distracted by talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile, according to a new study by University of Utah psychologists Frank Drews, David Strayer and Monisha Pasupathi.
Read MoreTwo Wyoming counties and one in Idaho have been added to the National Children’s Study, the largest investigation ever undertaken to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States.
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