Join the Conversation
U Team Gets Cash for Hydrogen Power ‘Long Shot’
University of Utah chemist Michael Bartl and physicist Jordan Gerton each were granted $125,000 to conduct research aimed at producing hydrogen fuel from solar energy. Read More
Share
Science & Technology
from the U
June 11, 2013
Using hands-free devices to talk, text or send e-mail while driving is distracting and risky, contrary to what many people believe, says a new University of Utah study issued today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Read More
May 29, 2013
Most apes eat leaves and fruits from trees and shrubs. New studies spearheaded by the University of Utah show that human ancestors expanded their menu 3.5 million years ago, adding tropical grasses and sedges to an ape-like diet and setting the stage for our modern diet of grains, grasses, and meat and dairy from grazing animals. Read More
May 20, 2013
A team of University of Utah geology and geophysics graduate students took the top prize – the Imperial Barrel Award – on May 19 in Pittsburgh during the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ annual convention. Read More
May 14, 2013
A new bluish-green mineral discovered in abandoned uranium mines in Colorado and Utah has been named nashite in honor of University of Utah geology and geophysics Professor Barbara Nash, who has studied related minerals. Read More
