NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
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Native American students from Duchesne and Uintah school districts visited the U to explore campus and participate in a guided cow heart dissection.
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ISOTOPE SLEUTHS
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University of Utah scientists helping law enforcement to crack tough cases.
Read MoreWE ARE FAMILY
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Math simulations support theory of “socially enforced nepotism.”
Read MoreSHOWING U THE ROPES
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Theoretical climbing rope could brake falls; now mathematicians need material to make it a reality.
Read MoreHUGE LANDSLIDE SHAPED ZION NATIONAL PARK
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U study dates slide to 4,800 years ago. The disaster dammed the Virgin River and created a lake that lasted 700 years until it filled with sediment, producing the canyon enjoyed by millions of visitors today.
Read MoreDARRYL BUTT JOINS THE U
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University of Utah names new dean for the College of Mines and Earth Sciences.
Read MoreLIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG
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A team of international paleontologists, including Adam Huttenlocker at the U, determine how some mammal relatives survived the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction.
Read MoreBREAKING GROUND ON SCIENCE
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The U broke ground last week on the Gary and Ann Crocker Science Center, which will occupy the historic George Thomas Building and house classrooms, labs and a technology incubator space.
Read MoreWHAT A MOTH’S NOSE KNOWS
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U study reveals how the brain depends on the senses to construct an impression of reality and how changing the sensory hardware can cause the moths’ brains to be fooled.
Read MoreSPECIES EVOLUTION
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U biologist Nitin Phadnis’ new study shows how species arise.
Read MoreMINERAL OF THE YEAR
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Mineral discovered by a retired U medical technologist recently received the inaugural Mineral of the Year award for 2014.
Read MoreDETECTING DNA DAMAGE
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Utah chemists find new way to detect DNA damage that can lead to disease-causing mutations.
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