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New Tyrannosaurus Species
Fearsome apex predator from Western North America at the twilight of the dinosaur age.
Read MoreAcademia in Action
An obligation not just to continue researching the tool, but to license it.
Read MoreOur DNA 2023
The official magazine of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah.
Read MoreSouthwest Sustainability Innovation Engine
A multi-institutional enterprise to confront the climate challenges facing the Southwest.
Read MoreGetting the right image
Keeping up the global-leading high-resolution 3D imaging research at the U.
Read MoreCoal Miner’s Daughter
Denee Hayes’ holistic approach to thinking outside the mining "blast hole."
Read MoreCosmic Ray Learning in Public Schools
SLC high schoolers deploy cosmic ray detectors and analyze data.
Read MoreHow long can menopause be delayed?
How transplantation of ovarian tissue can postpone menopause indefinitely.
Read MorePreeminent geneticists recognized with revamped GSA Awards
Ofer Rog awarded the Genetics Society of America's Early-Career Award
Read MoreMeasuring Co2 levels
800,000 years is just a blink of an eye when it comes to measuring CO2 levels.
Read MoreKen Golden, Op-ed
Let us set the compass toward our highest aspirations: “through adversity to the stars.”
Read MoreKona Coffee Lawsuit
Fraud-busts by determining relative concentrations of rare, inorganic minerals in beans.
Read MoreThe ‘Barbenheimer Star’
Making great strides in adding to our understanding of how objects in the universe evolve.
Read MoreACCESS: Margaret Call
Finding your path in life is rarely as simple as a 90-minute coming-of-age movie.
Read MoreKevin Davenport-Physics Circle
Love to do puzzles? Kevin Davenport wants to bring us all together in the Physics Circle.
Read MoreSRI Stories
An SRI student's striking pivot from one subject model in health to mosquitoes.
Read MoreUnderground Hazards & Safety in Mining
An educational collaboration between the RMCOEH & the Department of Mining
Read MoreRyan J. White ’07 Chemistry
U Alum Ryan White PhD'07 is the new division dean of natural sciences, U. of Cincinnati.
Read MoreSRI Stories
A model for targeted, real-work experience connected with academics and research.
Read MorePresidential Scholar Award
Associate Professor of Biology Sophie Caron awarded U Presidential Scholar
Read MoreHoliday Greetings from Dean Trapa
Dean Peter Trapa shares a holiday message to students, staff, faculty and alumni
Read MoreLightning, camera, gamma ray!
First captured video footage of lightning-triggered downward terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
Read MoreSnowflakes Falling
Utah researchers discover that how snowflakes move is astonishingly predictable.
Read MoreCosmic Ray on SciFri
Ira Flatow on Sci Fri: Scientists Report Second Highest-Energy Cosmic Ray Ever Detected
Read MoreRevisiting the Coast Salish Woolly Dog
The origin and sudden disappearance of the culturally significant Coast Salish Woolly Dog.
Read MoreCatalyst 2023
The official magazine of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah.
Read MoreCarrie Wager, Chemistry Alumna
A chemistry midfielder in her career, driven to cover a lot of ground.
Read MoreCO2 changes over past 66 M years
Geoscientists map changes in atmospheric CO2 over past 66 million years.
Read MoreSolving Water Shortages by Lease
Mitigating climate change: Farmers willing to lease their H20 if it makes economic sense.
Read MoreHow Microbes Combat Climate Change
Chemist Jessica Swanson works with bacteria that eat methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Read MoreCold Fog & Complex Terrain
When fog sets in and visibility plummets, transportation becomes dangerous.
Read MoreRemembering Marta Weeks
“I give ... to honor my father, my husband and my father-in-law." ~Marta Weeks
Read More$7M to build better life sciences workforce
Closing the anticipated workforce gap between bioscience and the workforce.
Read MoreTop NASA honor goes to U Students
Playing a pivotal role in the future of space exploration
Read MoreSRI Stories
A portable technology that allows for DNA and RNA sequencing wherever you are.
Read MoreSecond highest-energy cosmic ray ever
The Array is in the middle of an expansion that will help crack the case of cosmic rays.
Read MoreMechanisms of plant microbes
Sharing research in order to inform farmers about how best to protect their crops.
Read MoreIsotopes: Science’s Common Currency
Gabriel Bowen’s research into isotopes extends into a variety of critical research paths.
Read MoreA Utah Fossil’s Journey to Harvard
For a long while, ill-gotten Cambrian fossils were part of a case involving the BLM.
Read More‘Lunar Forge’ Project at NASA
A team from the U's Mining Engineering and Metallurgy are finalists for NASA's BIG Idea
Read MoreIngredients for Data Science
Data science is crucial - but can be faced with plenty of difficulties.
Read MoreForming Ice: Molinero
U chemist Valeria Molinero is helping unravel the mysteries of how water becomes solid.
Read MoreSRI Stories
Science Research Initiative alumna Claudia Wiese is busy as a bee in her "gap year."
Read MoreSRI Stories
SRI Alum Ali Bouck shares why the program was the "best decision they ever made."
Read MoreOn Naps, Carbs & Motivation: Annika Edwards, BMG
Discover your motivator, aka "wishbone." A valedictorian in mining engineering explains.
Read MoreSRI Stories
A harrowing health experience turns out to be a portal for a former SRI stream leader
Read MoreDo the Right Thing: Kevin Perry on the GSL
Working to save the GSL, scientist finds meaningful directions in his research.
Read More1st detection of heavy element from star merger
NASA's Webb tracks an exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst
Read MoreAnke Friedrich inducted into Crimson Club Hall of Fame
World-class skier is, indeed, no ordinary inductee.
Read MoreEpiphytes face growing threats
Nalini Nadkarni on the importance of epiphytes and their crucial role in biodiversity
Read MoreRetroviral Symposium
A wide-variety of scientists from many disciplines along with a troupe of actors. Why not?
Read MorePutting the ‘fun’ in commutative algebra
Anne Fayolle: Putting the 'fun' in commutative algebra.
Read More‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources
Discovering new air pollution sources with ‘Roving sentinels’
Read MoreRing-of-fire eclipse: How to see it
The eclipse event is sacred to local Indigenous tribes. Learn how to see it.
Read MoreFall’s flamboyance: The science of autumn leaves
The science behind Utah's dazzling display of fall trees
Read More‘Solving’ biology’s most important molecule
Ramakrishnan shares his adventures in the ribosome at Frontiers of Science lecture
Read MoreNada Math Anxiety Here
No anxiety exists around U of U math professor Ken Golden's classes
Read MoreSafe Landings Weather-wise
What Worries DAL’s Lead Meteorologist? Snow in Atlanta, Yes, but Also Volcanic Ash
Read MoreRibosome adventures
A Nobel laureate visits the U with his tale of his adventures in the ribosome
Read MoreWilkes Center Climate Prize Winner
Lumen Bioscience is the inaugural winner of the $1.5 million Wilkes Center Climate Prize
Read MoreClimate-Resilient Western Grid
The U and University of Calgary will establish and co-lead the U.S.-Canada Center
Read MoreWhale of a project: Library digitizes 50 years of research
Vicky Rowntree's 50 years of research is being digitized by the Marriott Library.
Read MoreRight Whale Research, Vicky Rowntree
Vicky Rowntree's 50-year legacy of researching right whales off the coast of Argentina
Read MoreAndy Thliveris: Remember the Undergrads
A thankful undergrad helps make possible an endowed chair in biology
Read MoreA warming climate could make cities even less hospitable to wild mammals
Climate change could worsen the effects of urbanization on native wildlife
Read MoreWhy Scientists Haven’t Solved the Mystery of the OMG Particle
From Utah's west desert to the snow-covered peaks of the Andes Mountains: The OMG Particle
Read MoreLoudest Stadium … according to science
Seismic data from the Utah-Florida game in real time.
Read MoreFinalists vie for historic $1.5M Wilkes Climate Prize
Which of 5 candidates would you choose to help fight climate change?
Read MoreMatthew Sigman Receives The 2023 Patai-Rapport Lecture Award
For contributions in phys organic chemistry, data science & enantioselective catalysis
Read MoreSpiders and Plants, Richard Clark
Research on how a mite evolves resistance to foreign compounds in plants
Read MoreSynthesis 2023
Wilkes Center, Applied Science Project and stories from throughout the merged College.
Read MoreU center works with teachers to design science education tools
Designing new curricula with the help of front-line scientists.
Read MoreA widely used instrument for monitoring black carbon in real time.
Since 1847, the lake has been used as both a dumping ground and for a source of profit
Read More‘Life of Tree’ Returns to Life in the Crocker Science Cntr.
The Ecstatic "Life of Tree" Returns to Life in the Crocker Science Center Atrium
Read MoreA Stark Message from Maui
How climate change puts property values at risk in forested areas
Read MoreGravitational Waves
Abuzz with anticipation, awaiting results from 15 years’ worth of data from NANOGrav
Read MoreWhat the inspiration for ‘Treetop Barbie’ thought of the ‘Barbie’ movie
The Barbie movie resonates with a canopy ecologist, aka "Treetop Barbie"
Read MoreHow Magma is stored beneath Yellowstone
New views of how magma is stored beneath Yellowstone provided by 100s of seismic sensors
Read MoreShared Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells
Fred Adler and team show shared resistance in breast cancer cells
Read MoreVahe Bandarian – 2023 ACS Fellow
Vahe Bandarian has been selected as one of the 2023 American Chemical Society fellows
Read MoreAftermath Summer 2023
Anna Tang Fulbright Scholar, Tommaso de Fernex new chair, Goldwater Scholars, and more.
Read MoreWilliam Anderegg Receives Blavatnik Award
Anderegg is one of three to receive the 2023 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Read MoreNew composite materials could light the way to advances in imaging
New composite materials could light the way to advances in imaging
Read MoreWhat can earthquake ‘swarms’ tell us about seismicity in the West?
Kristine Pankow, Utah professor of geology talks about "earthquake swarms"
Read MoreCarsten Rott, New Chair of Physics & Astronomy
Carsten Rott is announced as new chair of Physics & Astronomy
Read MoreMaking Machine Learning Accessible to All
Professor of Mining Engineering Rajive Ganguli launches UteAnalytics.
Read MoreHow statistical physics illuminates sea ice
Mathematician Ken Golden has helped document sea ice changes due to climate change
Read MoreNalini Nadkarni: Bright Red Arrow
In a recent podcast, Nadkarni reflects on overcoming her injuries from a 50 foot fall
Read MoreResearch ties worsening wildfires to bird mortalities
Recent research explores how wildfires affect migratory birds across the Western US
Read MoreBringing Nature to Everyone
Nalini Nadkarni and other scientists gather to discuss the role of nature in healthcare
Read MoreHere Comes Trouble Shooting
The “Understory” that is Biology's Karen Zundel, Outstanding Staff Awardee
Read MoreWhat happened to Co2 emissions during pandemic lockdown?
Air quality in Salt Lake City improved considerably during the pandemic
Read MoreUtah’s Environmental Challenges
John Lin, Atmospheric Sciences Professor in US News & World Report
Read MoreGadusol: A More “E-fish-ent” Sunscreen
Unlocking the Secrets of Zebrafish Sunscreen: Marlen Rice and Jamie Gagnon
Read MoreSky Survey Data Releases 2 Million Stellar Objects
The DESI project will map nearly 40 million galaxies, quasars and stars
Read MoreTommaso de Fernex, Math’s new department chair
New math department chair takes the helm July 1
Read MoreDirtiest snow-year in the Wasatch accelerated snowmelt by 17 days
U researchers analyzed impacts of dust on snow during the 2022 winter season
Read MoreRamón Barthelemy Out to Innovate
The U of U Physicist Wins 2023 LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year
Read MoreSRI Stories
Mikhael Semaan, Ph.D. of the Science Research Initiative on his latest research
Read MoreBones of the Earth
Geologist Kevin Mendoza on learning, teaching, representation and connection to the land
Read MoreNobel winner Capecchi discovers new brain mechanism
Capecchi discovers new brain mechanism
Read MoreGeologist Brenda Bowen, to chair Department of Atmospheric Sciences
The Professor of Geology and Geophysics will serve as Chair beginning July 1
Read MoreTinker Toy Rises
After months of earth-moving, the Applied Science Project gets some serious hardware
Read MoreRandy Irmis receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Chief Curator at Natural History Museum and Associate Professor in Geology receives award
Read MoreU.S. Assistant Secretary visits U and Utah FORGE site
U.S. Asst. Secretary Visits U & FORGE
Read More2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentors
Gannet Hallar and Ofer Ron receive accolades
Read MoreDarryl Butt: Finding one’s ‘professional self’
Dean Butt reflects on his impact on students as he leads the U of U graduate school
Read MoreCelebrating Our Exceptional Faculty 2023
The College of Science congratulates four faculty members
Read More3 Numbers that Changed My Life
Math graduate Sahana Kargi shares her love of numbers at 2023 convocation ceremonies
Read MoreWhy allergy seasons are getting worse
In a TIME magazine article, William Anderegg says climate change is playing a big part
Read MoreThe Great Salt Lake’s Long-term Outlook
Atmospheric Sciences Kevin Perry shares his perspectives on a recent lake study on KSL TV.
Read MoreWilliam Anderegg Receives NSF Waterman Award
William Anderegg is one of three awardees who will receive $1 million for research
Read MoreOutstanding Undergrad Research Awards 2023
Learn more about the university's up-and-coming researchers and mentors
Read MoreFounders Day Distinguished Alumni
A near-sweep of Founders Day Distinguished Alumni Awards by the College of Science
Read MoreBalance & Bliss: Aria Ballance
Balance & Bliss: Aria Ballance and extraterrestrial molecules
Read More2023 College of Science Awards
The College of Science is committed to recognizing excellence in education, research, and service and congratulates all 2023 college award recipients.
Read More2023 Goldwater Scholars
4 College of Science Students receive the Goldwater Scholarship for 2023.
Read MoreBirth Cry of a black hole
New study questions decades-long understanding of gamma ray bursts
Read MoreThumping Thermometer
Yellowstone's Doublet Pool cranks up the bass every 20 to 30 minutes by "thumping."
Read MoreWeekend Effect
Large-scale citizen science camera trapping helps assess animal behavioral responses.
Read MoreClimate Hackathon
“I woke up at 4:30 a.m. that second day, and it was like, we’ve gotta get this done!"
Read MoreJessica Haskins
I could not have afforded my first year at MIT if I hadn’t received local scholarships.
Read MoreClifton Sanders
Clifton Sanders, (PhD '90) receives a Founders Day Distinguished Alumnus award.
Read MoreTreeNote
TreeNote is a two minute weekly radio feature from renowned ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni.
Read MoreAnna Tang
Mathematics is a key in our hands that is able to fit almost any lock in the world.
Read MoreGroundbreaking
Construction has begun on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read MoreSpace Sunscreen
Could dust launched from the moon’s surface mitigate the impacts of climate change?
Read MoreApplied Science Building
Construction has begun on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read More$1M Grant to Chemists
Grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation may help chemists learn how molecules crystallize.
Read MoreMagnesium Pollution?
Research helps explain Salt Lake City's persistent air quality problems.
Read MoreCollaboration of the Cited
Biology’s ‘highly cited’ researchers collaborate in forest science.
Read MorePauling Medal
Distinguished Professor Dr. Cynthia Burrows is the 2022 Pauling Medal awardee.
Read MoreMelissa Hardy
I am a researcher combining organic chemistry and data science to advance public health.
Read MoreAmir Hosseini
My biggest inspiration is understanding how nature behaves and using fundamental science.
Read MoreGSL Meteorite
In order to have a meteorite named, you have to have an institution classify it.
Read MoreKing of the Playa
On a crisp October morning, Kevin Perry pedaled his bike across the Great Salt Lake playa.
Read MoreRelativistic Jet
Researchers document a black hole giving off more light than 1,000 trillion suns.
Read MoreWilkes Climate Prize
This $1.5 million prize supporting innovative projects that help address the impact of cli
Read MoreHedgehog Signaling
U of U undergrads work to break open the biological mystery of Hedgehog Signaling.
Read MoreConstruction Update
Construction is about to begin on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read MoreVisualizing the Infinitesimal
Janet Iwasa and Ofer Rog re-imagine the cellular space occupied by condensates.
Read MoreWilkes Scholars
Wilkes Scholars explore climate challenges facing our state, region, and planet.
Read MoreArmentrout Interview
Peter Armentrout sits down with the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Read MoreJack Simons Award
PHYS senior theory award renamed to Jack Simons Award in Theoretical Physical Chemistry.
Read MoreNuFact 2022
The Department of Physics & Astronomy hosts NuFact 2022 neutrino workshop at Snowbird.
Read MoreAt-Risk Forests
Bill Anderegg quantifies the risk to forests from climate change along three dimensions.
Read MoreThe Wilkes Center
University of Utah Launches The Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy.
Read MoreN.S.F. Director
NSF appoints Denise Dearing as Director for the Div. of Integrative Organismal Systems.
Read MoreAir Tracker
John Lin adapted his research group’s atmospheric model to run as part of Air Tracker.
Read MoreHollywood Dinosaurs
Mark Loewen, of Geology & Geophysics, critiques Hollywood’s dinosaur depictions.
Read MoreCellular Crosslinking
Caralyn Flack studies cellular crosslinking in chemoreceptor molecules.
Read MoreTiffany Do: Undergrad Research Scholar
Tiffany Do named 2022 Undergraduate Research Scholar.
Read MoreMass Spectrometry
Armentrout receives ASMS Award for Distinguished Contributions In Mass Spectrometry.
Read MoreFaculty Giving
We are happy to provide a planned gift to the School of Biological Sciences.
Read MoreHow Trees Grow
William Anderegg explores the relationship between photosynthesis and cell growth.
Read MoreOutstanding Graduate Student
Daniel Powell named 2022 College of Science Outstanding Graduate Student.
Read MoreTeaching Assistantship
Seungsu Lee has been awarded a Teaching Assistantship from the University of Utah.
Read MoreGraduate Research Fellowship
Sanghoon Kwak has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the University of Utah.
Read MoreNational Academy of Sciences
Valeria Molinero elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Read MoreNAS 2022 Membership
Erik Jorgensen and Valeria Molinero are elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Read MoreNSF Fellowship
Eamon Quinlan-Gallego awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the NSF.
Read MoreOutstanding Post-Doc
Amir Hosseini has received an Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow Award.
Read MoreMAA Teaching Award
Kevin Wortman receives Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Teaching Award.
Read MoreOutstanding Undergraduate
Luis Rufino has received the College of Science Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
Read MoreStudent Researcher
Elijah Counterman wins a College of Science University Student Researchers Award.
Read MoreStaff Excellence
Vicki Nielsen receives the Staff Excellence Award from the College of Science.
Read MoreCarbon Nanotubes
Vikram Deshpande had a hunch that carbon nanotubes held promise as a building block.
Read MoreSavannah Romney
Savannah Romney is a double-major in biology and math at the University of Utah.
Read MoreDistinguished Researcher
Jon Chaika receives a Distinguished Research Award from the U of U.
Read MoreGalápagos Letters
South American correspondent Nora Clayton reporting from the Galapagos Islands.
Read MoreASBMB Fellow
Vahe Bandarian named fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Read MoreTeaching Excellence
Gail Zasowski awarded the U's Early Career Distinguished Teaching Award.
Read MoreSpintronics
Spin is related to magnetism,. Spintronics uses magnetism to represent binary data.
Read MoreSRI Scholarship Drive
Our goal is to provide ongoing support for every science student who needs a scholarship.
Read MoreBiological Data
All thinking is done using modeling, whether it’s through language or mathematics.
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