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The Future of Telescope Lenses Is Flat

The more powerful they get, traditional curved lenses used in telescopes become bigger and bulkier. University of Utah engineers have created the first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars.
26-Feb-2025 7:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Early Study Shows Promise for Retinal-Surgery Robot Invented at the University of Utah 

A robotic device developed by University of Utah engineers allows eye surgeons to perform high-precision procedures on the retina, the fragile lining on the back of the eye that is less than a millimeter thick.
20-Feb-2025 8:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Maybe Earth's Inner Core Is Not So Solid After All

New research from USC and University of Utah suggests the surface of “librating” inner core is deformed from contact with turbulent liquid outer core.
13-Feb-2025 8:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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What ‘Mass Deportation’ Means for Housing Costs

Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants has been touted by the incoming Trump administration as a way to increase jobs for U.S. citizens and reduce housing costs. But a new study by University of Utah business scholar concludes such a policy...
29-Jan-2025 6:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Technology for Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won’t Help the Climate

University of Utah atmospheric scientists show proposed "geoengineering" effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits.
17-Jan-2025 7:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Pacific Islander Teens Assert Identity Through Language

A first-of-its-kind study found subtle, but distinct vowel pronunciations in Pacific Islanders attending more diverse schools in Utah compared to students in a predominately white high school, confirming the theory that groups to differentiate along...
16-Jan-2025 7:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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‘Brand New Physics’ for Next Generation Spintronics

Pioneering researchers of self-generated spin torques have discovered a new one, anomalous Hall torque, that completes a triad of torques likely present in all conductive spintronic materials. Dubbed the Universal Hall Torques, the triad have unique...
16-Jan-2025 7:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Doubling Down on Detox

As creosote spread across the American Southwest 20,000 years ago, natural selection favored changes that led to duplicating genes that produce an abundance of detox enzymes. Gene duplication is likely the first step that enables animals to rapidly...
16-Jan-2025 7:10 PM EST Add to Favorites


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