As almost 1,300 physics teachers meet at the University of Utah, the public is invited to attend two events: a Demonstration Show meant to display the magic of physics and a Nobel Prize winner’s lecture on microscopic to atom-sized “nanoscience.”
Read MoreWhen the bones of two early humans were found in 1967 near Kibish, Ethiopia, they were thought to be 130,000 years old. A few years ago, researchers found 154,000- to 160,000-year-old human bones at Herto, Ethiopia. Now, a new study of the 1967 fossil site indicates the earliest known members of our species, Homo sapiens, roamed Africa about 195,000 years ago.
Read MoreMore than 400 experts on safety, health and research issues in the mining industry are expected to attend the Combined Mine Safety and Health Conference Monday May 24 through Friday May 28 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreHave you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went in there? Do you forget the names of people you just met? Do you get to work and realize you forgot your lunch? Have you wondered why is it you can recall every note of the piano piece you learned when you were five, but can’t remember where you parked your car 30 minutes ago?
Read MoreUniversity of Utah faculty develop a wealth of software, and they now have a resource that will help them organize, refine and make it more commercially viable. That resource is the Software Development Center, which will open its doors this month in a newly remodeled space in the Technology Commercialization Office located at 615 Arapeen Drive in Research Park.
Read MoreA fission reaction in a nuclear reactor? There’s an “app” for that!
Read MoreLike silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly’s silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during surgery.
Read MoreA sustainable living workshop series highlights this year’s University of Utah Famers Market. This is the second year for the market, which will showcase more vendors and activities. There is no entrance fee and the general public is welcome to drop by and purchase fresh, healthy, local produce and unique arts and crafts from neighbors with whom they live, work and study.
Read MoreTo celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the University of Utah’s Department of Physics is holding weekly star-watching parties and a monthly series of documentary and science-fiction films. All are free to the public.
Read MoreClimate has been implicated by a new study as a major driver of wildfires in the last 2,000 years, but human activities, such as land clearance and fire suppression during the industrial era (since 1750) created large swings in burning, first increasing fires until the late 1800s, and then dramatically reducing burning in the 20th century.
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