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We ❤️ OUR Researchers

Recognized as a Carnegie Tier-1 Research University, the U continues to develop groundbreaking research on a local, national, and international level.  The combined resources of 18 colleges, 35 interdisciplinary programs, 100 academic departments/ divisions, and 120 centers/bureaus on campus, creates endless opportunities for collaboration.

Our research is also a catalyst for economic growth and innovation, creating over 280 spin-out companies—and 16,000 jobs – from the university’s inventions and technologies.

Research News

Moiré Magic

Ken Golden is working on highly tunable composite materials—with a twist.

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Matt Crawley
June 22, 2022
Interactive Forest Maps

Threats impacting forests are increasing nationwide.

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Matt Crawley
May 23, 2022
How Trees Grow

William Anderegg explores the relationship between photosynthesis and cell growth.

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Matt Crawley
May 16, 2022
Carbon Nanotubes

Vikram Deshpande had a hunch that carbon nanotubes held promise as a building block.

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Matt Crawley
April 4, 2022
Galápagos Letters

South American correspondent Nora Clayton reporting from the Galapagos Islands.

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Matt Crawley
March 14, 2022
Extraordinary Black Hole

Astronomers recently discovered a black hole unlike any other.

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Matt Crawley
January 31, 2022
Of Mice and Monarchs

Are California mice eating monarch butterflies?

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Matt Crawley
January 20, 2022
James Webb Space Telescope

The largest and most powerful telescope ever sent into space.

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Matt Crawley
January 4, 2022
Biological Data

All thinking is done using modeling, whether it’s through language or mathematics.

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Matt Crawley
December 20, 2021
Theory Meets Intuition

Will Feldman studies things most of us take for granted.

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Matt Crawley
December 20, 2021
Space Plants

Plants are the future of space travel.

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Matt Crawley
December 20, 2021
The Frontier of Physics

Physics beyond the Standard Model.

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Matt Crawley
December 20, 2021
The Science of Salty Ice

BBC StoryWorks feature with Jody Reimer, Rebecca Hardenbrook, and Ken Golden.

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Matt Crawley
December 14, 2021
Research Funding

Research funding passes $641 million for 2021.

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Matt Crawley
December 1, 2021
Fabulous Fungi

SBS faculty Bryn Dentiger explores the possibilities of fungi.

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October 27, 2021
Darwin’s Pigeon “Enigma”

Darwin's short-beak enigma solved

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September 22, 2021
Physics Innovation

Yue Zhao Receives Physics Innovation Award.

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Matt Crawley
August 26, 2021
Be the Light

American Indian Services students visit campus.

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Matt Crawley
August 16, 2021
Chemistry in Pictures

Chemistry is so much broader than just a list of elements.

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Matt Crawley
July 13, 2021
Birds of the Philippines

What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?

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Matt Crawley
June 16, 2021
Mysteries of the Universe

A five-year quest to map the universe began officially on May 17, 2021.

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Matt Crawley
June 4, 2021
Let’s Get Kraken

The Sigman Group launches an open-access tool for chemists.

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May 10, 2021
Camille-Dreyfus Award

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks receives Teacher-Scholar award.

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May 5, 2021
NAS Membership

Mary Beckerle receives the significant recognition of NAS membership.

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April 28, 2021
AAAS Membership

Valeria Molinero joins the prestigious ranks of the American Academy.

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April 26, 2021
Patterns in Sound

Exciting new math research by Fernando Guevara Vasquez.

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Matt Crawley
April 22, 2021
Allergy Season

Climate change is making allergy season last longer.

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Matt Crawley
March 19, 2021
Sloan Research Fellow

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks awarded prestigious 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship.

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Matt Crawley
March 11, 2021
The Science of Sea Ice

Ken Golden brings the principles of mathematics to the Earth’s most remote environments.

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Matt Crawley
February 28, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Panel

Experts answer questions on the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Matt Crawley
February 8, 2021
Priyam Patel

Visualizing the Topology of Surfaces

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Matt Crawley
January 6, 2021
Giant Poisonous Rats

The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats.

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Matt Crawley
December 9, 2020
Next-Gen Astronomy

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is providing groundbreaking insight.

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Matt Crawley
November 3, 2020
A.A.U. Membership

Utah joins the prestigious Association of American Universities.

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Matt Crawley
August 16, 2020
11 Billion Years

Kyle Dawson and a global consortium of astrophysicists create a 3-D map of the universe.

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Matt Crawley
August 5, 2020
HIV Microscopy

Ipsita Saha is using electron microscopy to reveal the dynamic structure in HIV.

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Matt Crawley
July 20, 2020
Forest Futures

William Anderegg explains the risks of investing in forests.

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Matt Crawley
June 22, 2020
Crab Nebula

Scientists detect Crab Nebula using innovative gamma-ray telescope.

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Matt Crawley
June 2, 2020
Hedgehogs and Undergrads

Astronomers recently discovered a black hole unlike any other.

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Matt Crawley
April 26, 2020
Courtship Condos

Why is Dean Castillo managing the sexual relations of fruit flies?

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Matt Crawley
April 8, 2020
Discover 2019

Features the Science Research Initiative, College Rankings, Commutative Algebra, and more.

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Matt Crawley
February 4, 2020
Running with Scissors

In gene-targeting, CRISPR makes a really good pair of "scissors".

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January 4, 2020
Electrochemistry

Henry S. White - A positive force in Electrochemistry.

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Matt Crawley
January 3, 2020
Commutative Algebra

Can commutative algebra help us solve real-world problems?

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Matt Crawley
January 3, 2020
TreeTop Barbie

Nalini Nadkarni has created a "Canopy Researcher" version of the popular Barbie doll.

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Matt Crawley
December 11, 2019
Research Funding

Research funding passes $540 million for 2019.

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Matt Crawley
December 5, 2019
Going with the Flow

John Sperry studies how plant hydraulics and xylem tissue influence regional weather.

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October 10, 2019
New Physics

Pearl Sandick discusses Dark Matter and challenging the Standard Model.

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Matt Crawley
June 1, 2019
Distinguished Research

Professor Molinero’s work is a hallmark of what research and scholarship should be about.

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Matt Crawley
May 10, 2019
2019 Research Scholar

The College of Science Research Scholar Award is given annually to one […]

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Matt Crawley
May 10, 2019
Associate V.P. for Research

Diane Pataki is now Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah.

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Matt Crawley
April 3, 2019
2019 Churchill Scholar

Cameron Owen - Chemistry and physics major and student researcher.

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Matt Crawley
February 2, 2019
Insects, Bacteria & Ice

Water doesn’t always freeze at 32 degrees and other chilling facts from Valeria Molinero.

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Matt Crawley
January 10, 2019
Discover 2018

The 2018 Research Report for the College of Science.

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December 15, 2018
Plant Genomics

QUESTION: How does RNA decay contribute to gene expression?

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Matt Crawley
October 8, 2018
2018 Churchill Scholar

Scott Neville - Mathematics major and student researcher.

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Matt Crawley
June 3, 2018
Under Pressure

Unravelling the mystery of a fundamental property of lithium.

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Matt Crawley
June 22, 2017