Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a University of Utah study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of doing so.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah (the U) researchers, in collaboration with several groups from around the country, published a paper this week, following one of the biggest studies of its kind, that extends our understanding of genes related to autism spectrum diseases (ASDs) and advances methods for early detection and treatment.
Read MoreThe lack of Alzheimer’s care is on the verge of becoming an epidemic. The age-related disease that hinders memory, thinking and behavior already affects one in eight people over 65, or an estimated 5.4 million people, in the United States. These numbers are expected to grow rapidly with the “silver tsunami” – the aging baby boomer generation – and there is already a shortage of caregivers.
Read MoreFour University of Utah faculty members – physicist David Kieda, demographer Geraldine Mineau, geochemist Thure Cerling and anesthesiologist Theodore Stanley – are among 10 winners of the 2012 Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology.
Read MoreTwenty teams of Utah high school students will begin to design and build robots Saturday, Jan. 5 in West Valley City, Utah, during the kickoff of a regional robotics competition co-sponsored by the University of Utah.
Read MoreKara Arnold, who spent the past year serving as Miss Utah, graduated from the University of Utah this year with a degree in chemistry and a minor in music. Now she’s about to leave for the Miss America Pageant.
Read MoreMen whacked punching bags for a University of Utah study that suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools, play a violin or paint a work of art, but so men could make fists and fight.
Read MoreBackpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices, according to a study by psychologists from the University of Utah and University of Kansas.
Read MoreFor three years, University of Utah researchers have been deploying a computer-based design program called SketchUp in workshops to teach and develop life skills for youth on the autism spectrum. An earlier study showed that using the program helps kids develop their spatial and visual acuity, as well as to leverage those strengths to build positive social interactions.
Read MoreAstronomers at the University of Utah and elsewhere are seeking volunteers to explore the galaxy next door, Andromeda. The newly launched Andromeda Project will use people power to examine thousands of Hubble Space Telescope images of the galaxy to identify star clusters that hold clues to the evolution of galaxies.
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