University of Utah geophysicist Robert B. Smith — who studies earthquakes, volcanism and other geological processes at Yellowstone National Park — will speak at the park this Friday, Aug. 25, as part of a series of events celebrating the new $10.5 million Canyon Visitor Education Center.
Read MoreConstruction is accelerating on a $17 million cosmic ray observatory west of Delta, Utah, thanks to two U.S. agencies: the Bureau of Land Management issued a permit, and the National Science Foundation approved a $2.4 million grant.
Read MoreArctic climate already is known to be particularly prone to global warming caused by industrial and automotive emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Now, a University of Utah study finds a surprising new way society’s pollutants warm the far north: the Arctic’s well-known haze – made of particulate pollution from mid-latitude cities – mixes with thin clouds, making them better able to trap heat.
Read MoreThe Utah Science Center and the University of Utah today announced the winners of the 2006 Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair. The 2006 fair was held at The Tower at Rice-Eccles Stadium, on the University of Utah campus March 30-31. Students in grades five through 12 from Salt Lake, Granite, Murray and Tooele school districts competed.
Read MoreWhen explorers and pioneers visited California in the 1700s and early 1800s, they were astonished by the abundance of birds, elk, deer, marine mammals, and other wildlife they encountered. Since then, people assumed such faunal wealth represented California’s natural condition – a product of Native Americans’ living in harmony with the wildlife and the land and used it as the baseline for measuring modern environmental damage.
Read MoreNo matter the fortunes of our respective football teams, the biggest win of the year is beating BYU in the annual Utah-BYU Food Drive. It’s that time of year again, so Ute fans are being encouraged do the RED thing and fill up the Utah Food Bank, while creaming the Cougars.
Read MoreThe University of Utah has announced the creation and launch of a competitive grant program designed to enhance the potential success of spin-off companies that use technology created at the University. The program is entitled “Virtual Incubator Projects” (VIP’s) and will allow new spin-off companies to compete for awards of up to $50,000 in research voucher credits for sponsored research at the University. Five VIP’s will be awarded each year for a cumulative program total of $250,000.
Read MoreThe Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library presents InfoFair 2005, an annual event sponsored by the University of Utah Health Sciences Center that provides up-to-date information on computer applications, resources and services as well as a glimpse into the future of computers and computing in the health sciences. This year’s event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2005 and centers on building partnerships and bridging disciplines.
Read MoreVision researchers at the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center have discovered a gene mutation responsible for causing a rare disease in four generations of a single Utah family. The discovery is reported in a recent issue of The American Journal of Ophthalmology (November 2004).
Read MoreA University of Utah experiment conducted in Peru’s Amazon Basin shows insects increase the diversity of the rainforest when they munch on trees. Such seemingly destructive behavior keeps dominant tree species under control but allows other trees to thrive.
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