University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience “inattention blindness” – the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.
Read MoreA buoy to harvest energy from ocean waves, a device to help restore hand function in patients with deteriorated muscles, racing vehicles and a rocket that one day may be launched into space are among senior design projects that will be showcased Tuesday, April 19, during the University of Utah’s 14th annual Mechanical Engineering Design Day.
Read MoreEarth Day activities at the University of Utah are an important part of the campus each year and too numerous to fit into the nationally designated day of April 22. As a result, people are being encouraged to get involved in many different ways to preserve the environment over a two-week period.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale picture of the electrical conductivity of the gigantic underground plume of hot and partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano. The image suggests the plume is even bigger than it appears in earlier images made with earthquake waves.
Read MoreGlaciers serve as early indicators of climate change. During the last 35 years, Thompson’s research team has recovered ice-core records of climatic and environmental variations from polar regions and low-latitude, high-elevation ice fields from 16 nations.
Read MoreTo commemorate the founding of the University of Utah in 1850, the University’s Alumni Association will hold its annual Founders Day celebration on Wed., Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Little America Hotel. Five alumni and one non-alumnus will be honored with a reception, dinner, and the presentation of awards.
Read MoreTwo years ago, Larry Larson’s students at Skyline High School in Salt Lake City designed and implemented a water quality project to study the river water in Millcreek Canyon. The endeavor was one of 28 projects funded by the Environmental Research and Training Program (ERTP) and implemented by the Utah high school students in collaboration with the University of Utah and the Utah State Office of Education. With new funding from the EPA to expand the program into other western states, the University of Utah is now soliciting a new round of environmental research project proposals from high schools in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and New Mexico. The proposals are due Feb. 7.
Read MoreA major, magnitude-7.9 earthquake that rocked Alaska on Sunday apparently triggered scores of earthquakes some 2,000 miles away at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
Read MoreNamed after the nine-member family that will occupy it, the Kunga House typifies the ideal of community.
Read MoreResearchers at The University of Utah are using a Dell high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) to research and help prevent accidental fires and explosions.
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