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Dust in the Wind: How cities alter natural airborne particles

Utah's locally sourced dust pollution carries far more hazardous elements than natural dust blown in from Great Basin, potentially threatening Salt Lake City鈥� water supplies, according to new research led by University of Utah.
7-Apr-2025 2:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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How Ancient Stone Kitchens Preserve Food Secrets

University of Utah anthropologists with the Natural History Museum of Utah uncover microscopic plant residues in bedrock metates, revealing insights into the diets and traditions of ancient Indigenous communities.
25-Mar-2025 9:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Whose Air Quality Are We Monitoring?

The EPA鈥檚 network consistently failed to capture air quality in communities of color across six major pollutants. The monitors are the key data source driving decisions about pollution reduction, urban planning and public health initiatives. The...
18-Mar-2025 8:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Misha Lived in Zoos, but This Elephant's Tooth Enamel Helps Reconstruct Wildlife Migrations

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant鈥檚 teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. University of Utah geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where large plant-eating animals may...
13-Mar-2025 8:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

An Emissions Tale of Two Cities: Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles

Researchers from the University of Utah and University of California set out to compare how freeway emissions trends differed in their states鈥� largest metropolitan areas, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.
7-Mar-2025 8:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

The Future of Telescope Lenses Is Flat

The more powerful they get, traditional curved lenses used in telescopes become bigger and bulkier. University of聽Utah engineers have created the first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars.
26-Feb-2025 7:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Early Study Shows Promise for Retinal-Surgery Robot Invented at the University of Utah聽

A robotic device developed by University of Utah engineers allows eye surgeons to perform high-precision procedures on the retina, the fragile lining on the back of the eye that is less than a millimeter thick.
20-Feb-2025 8:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Maybe Earth's Inner Core Is Not So Solid After All

New research from USC and University of Utah suggests the surface of 鈥渓ibrating鈥� inner core is deformed from contact with turbulent liquid outer core.
13-Feb-2025 8:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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University of Utah Health experts available to comment on heat-related health impacts

13-Jul-2023 12:35 PM EDT

Baodong Liu and his role in landmark voting rights case

University of Utah political scientist Baodong Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided on June 8 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision in Allen v. Milligan, No. 21-1086 rejected Alabama鈥檚 congressional...
30-Jun-2023 5:05 PM EDT

U law expert available to comment on Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

29-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT

University of Utah law professor and Navajo Nation member available to comment on SCOTUS decision on Indian Child Welfare Act

15-Jun-2023 3:15 PM EDT

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@UUtah law professor speaks from Israel about judiciary protests

9-Mar-2023 5:20 PM EST

@UUtah economist talks about who does and doesn't have student loan debt and about how people spend their money during the loan payment moratorium.

26-Aug-2022 2:55 PM EDT

Utah law professor, in Israel, available as expert source on Afghanistan conflict

16-Aug-2021 6:40 PM EDT

Sexual Assault Researcher Shares Insight Into Simone Biles' Withdrawal From Olympics

30-Jul-2021 4:25 PM EDT

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The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Range, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves more than 32,000 students from across the United States and the world. With more than 90 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 100 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Learn more about all the U has to offer online at http://www.utah.edu.