William Anderegg RECEIVES Blavatnik Award On July 26, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences announced that Dr. William Anderegg is one of three national laureates to receive the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. A video announcing Anderegg’s selection for the Blavatnik Award is available here. Dr. Anderegg is an associate […]
Read MoreAfter months of earth-moving, the Applied Science Project gets some serious hardware. These days pedestrians along University Street on the westside of campus are typically met by Alan, a bearded, sixty-something employee and certified UDOT flagger dressed in Okland Construction garb, including hard hat with neck sunshade that cascades to his shoulders and sometimes flaps […]
Read MoreClosing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG Particle” The helicopter was flying high through the night sky with its door slightly ajar. Johannes Eser and Matthew Rodencal were in the back controlling a laser pointing out through the gap. They aimed towards a balloon 35 kilometers above them and fired. It sounds like […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah is one of the newest members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.
Read MoreDust launched from the moon’s surface or from a space station positioned between Earth and the sun could reduce enough solar radiation to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Read MoreResearchers document a black hole giving off more light than 1,000 trillion suns.
Read MoreChristoph Boehme and Ramón Barthelemy have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society.
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