U of Utah mathematicians developed calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed it and whether they will require a liver transplant to survive.
Climate change spells trouble for many tropical birds – especially those living in mountains, coastal forests and relatively small areas – and the damage will be compounded by other threats like habitat loss, disease and competition among species.
University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs – even though some of those genes make us sick.
A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The product could be used in place of other common electronic ID badges used by hospitals, defense companies or other firms where securing data is of the utmost importance.
The famed “corpse flower” plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.
Amanda Barusch's research on what love and romance mean in seniors' lives sheds light on an area of growing interest as the population ages.
Over 4,000 photographs of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City have been collected, archived and are available online through the The Utah Ski Archives, part of Special Collections at the Univ. of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library.
Pigeons display spectacular variations in their feathers, feet, beaks and other physical traits, but a new University of Utah study shows that visible traits don’t always coincide with genetics: A bird from one breed may have huge foot feathers, while a closely related breed does not; yet two unrelated pigeon breeds both may have large foot feathers.
A new study from the University of Utah describes how workshops to teach Google’s 3D modeling software to kids with autism have benefitted the intergenerational relationships within the participants’ families.
The University of Utah has been very successful at attracting exceptional students and cultivating a culture of innovation that helps inspire students and faculty to invent new products and start companies.
The University of Utah was invited by the White House to be inaugural partner of the Better Buildings Challenge, a commitment to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent by 2020.
The University of Utah is ranked No. 1 in the nation for creating startup companies from university research.
We drink water, bathe in it and we are made mostly of water, yet the common substance poses major mysteries. Now, University of Utah chemists may have solved one enigma by showing how cold water can get before it absolutely must freeze: 55 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
A University of Utah biologist and an international research team decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants worldwide.
A truck-mounted radar dish often used to chase Midwest tornadoes is getting a workout in Utah this month as University of Utah meteorologists use it to get an unprecedented look inside snow and rain storms over the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding mountains.
When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply – terrifying every creature within earshot – they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper, says an author of a new study about how big cats roar.
Study of 2010 Census numbers.
University of Utah startup company receives $150,000 SBIR and $50,000 VIP grants.
The University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business gives students a career advantage through Business Career Management Center.
Chemists developed a method to design and test new catalysts, which speed chemical reactions and are crucial for producing energy, chemicals and industrial products. Using the new method, the chemists made a discovery that will make it easier to design future catalysts.
University of Utah organic chemist Peter J. Stang has won a National Medal of Science – the highest U.S. honor for a scientist or engineer – and is tentatively scheduled to be honored by President Barack Obama at the White House later this year.
Professors and graduate students at the University of Utah have teamed with local Primary Children’s Medical Center to create a video game designed to increase patients’ physical strength and give them a sense of empowerment to help their mental state while fighting cancer.
University of Utah researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that stick to the sugary coating of the AIDS virus and inhibit it from infecting cells – an early step toward a new treatment to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
University of Utah engineers who built wireless networks that see through walls now are aiming the technology at a new goal: noninvasively measuring the breathing of surgery patients, adults with sleep apnea and babies at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The University of Utah is launching a six-year, $21.5 million effort to conduct basic research aimed at developing new materials for uses ranging from faster computers and communications devices to better microscopes and solar cells.
The University of Utah (the U) selected Bryan Ritchie to be the next director of its Technology Commercialization Office (TCO.) Ritchie joins the U from James Madison College, a residential college that is part of Michigan State University, where he served as a professor of political economy with a focus on international relations, director of the Michigan State Entrepreneur Network, and co-director of the Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity.
University launches 23 companies, collects 233 inventions disclosures, signs 81 licenses and engages over 2,400 students in fiscal year 2011.
Over the past decade the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Center, once just a crazy idea to bring business and science students together, has become one of the most successful student entrepreneurial centers in the country.
Life is tough for woodrats in deserts. The few food plants produce poison. A new University of Utah study shows how some woodrats put themselves on a diet to avoid poisoning: They eat smaller meals, increase time between meals and drink more water if it is available.
Results of a new survey of 525 college student veterans show rates of thinking of and attempting suicide are much higher than for college students in general.
University of Utah scientists used chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover – in effect, shade – and found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where human ancestors and their ape relatives evolved during the past 6 million years.
The University of Utah has opened doors -- literally and figuratively -- at the new Veterans Support Center, which will serve as a focal point for student veteran activities and help recently deployed veterans transition into the sometimes unnerving world of civilian life.
The University of Utah will be the first location in the U.S. to install a new solar power product called Solar Ivy, for its wall-climbing appearance, thanks to a student funded initiative to make the U a more sustainable campus.
Whether bullying takes place on a Web site or at school, educators are forced to deal with its effects on a daily basis. Experts from across the U.S. will meet at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City July 13-15 to address bullying at a national conference for school teachers, administrators and parents.
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute describe a new approach to organize large amounts of varied genetic data, allowing researchers to create 3-D models revealing previously unknown relationships among different cancer genes.
The new Nine Line linear park and urban trail on an unused railway corridor will connect two of Salt Lake’s most diverse neighborhoods, a creative example of urban revitalization and cooperation.
Veritract, a University of Utah startup company, is developing a “Smart Feeding Tube” with a live camera and steering mechanism that enables doctors to place feeding tubes with much more accuracy than current technology allows. The company has just received $820,000 in an early round of funding.
Christopher Hacon, a University of Utah mathematician, has been awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications by Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, or National Lincean Academy.
For the first time ever, all three student projects from one of the University of Utah's computer game development classes have been accepted for sale on Xbox Live Indie Games, an online computer game store for the Xbox 360 console.
In “The Evidence for Evolution,” University of Utah anthropologist Alan R. Rogers tries to lay to rest persistent and inaccurate anti-evolution arguments with scientific evidence that was unavailable in Charles Darwin’s day.
From IT to lfe sciences and renewable energy, students gain strategic foothold through hands-on product development, commercialization experience
A University of Utah study shows that men hit hardest when they stand on two legs and punch downward, giving tall, upright males a fighting advantage. This may help explain why our ape-like human ancestors began walking upright and why women tend to prefer tall men.
Compared with other mothers, women who deliver twins live longer, have more children than expected, bear babies at shorter intervals over a longer time, and are older at their last birth, according to a University of Utah study.
Less than a year after launching its one-of-a-kind Medical Accelerator, the University of Utah is graduating its first research-based company from the facility. The company is Catheter Connections, which produces a device that protects patients from infection during IV infusion therapy.
For decades, an early human relative nicknamed Nutcracker Man because of his big, flat molars and powerful jaw. But a new University of Utah study shows Nutcracker Man didn’t eat nuts -- a discovery that upsets conventional wisdom about early humanity’s diet.
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.
University of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale picture of the electrical conductivity of the plume of partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano. The image suggests the plume is bigger than it appears in earlier images made with earthquake waves.
Fossil teeth of African animals show that during the past 10 million years, different plant-eating critters began grazing on grass at different times as many switched from a salad-bar diet of tree leaves and shrubs, says a University of Utah study.
University of Utah scientists used infrared light to make heart cells contract and inner-ear cells signal the brain. The discovery might improve cochlear implants for deafness and lead to devices to restore vision, maintain balance and treat movement disorders.
A new report by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) concludes that the economic impacts of startup companies at the university are “significant and impressive.”
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