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Rethinking Electric Bus Depots as ‘Profitable Energy Hubs’

How do you electrify a populous city’s transit without destabilizing its grid? New research into Beijing’s 27,000-bus system explores using depots to generate a solar power.
5-Nov-2024 4:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Can America's Political Atmosphere Be Detoxed?

A Stanford-led study of 25 video interventions points to solutions for reducing polarization, anti-democratic attitudes and support for political violence. Two treatments submitted by University of Utah scholars showed most promise addressing all...
1-Nov-2024 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Immigrants and Military Service

Survey data show immigrants are more willing to fight for United States and Canada than native-born citizens, according to an analysis led by the University of Utah. An all-volunteer military depends on a constant influx of recruits, yet the U.S....
21-Oct-2024 2:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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The Costs and Benefits of Hosting the Olympic Games....again

University of Utah political science professor Matthew Burbank’s research explores why cities pursue hosting Olympic Games despite the high costs and uncertain economic returns, as well as the opposition to these bids. His expertise offers...
9-Oct-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Unpacking Polar Sea Ice with Math

University of Utah mathematics and climate researchers are building new models for understanding the dynamics of sea ice, which is not as solid as you might think. One new study tracks alarming changes in the "marginal ice zone" surrounding the...
4-Oct-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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How Special Is the Milky Way Galaxy?

The SAGA Survey just published three new research articles that provide us with new insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy after completing the census of 101 satellite systems similar to the Milky Way’s.
25-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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How Features in Utah and Arizona Advanced Geoscience

University of Utah geoscientists successfully nominated the Henry Mountains, Coyote Buttes and Great Salt Lake to international union’s list of the top geoheritage sites, “the world’s best demonstrations of geologic features and processes.”
19-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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In Search of New Microscopy Tools to Observe How Cells Function

Two labs at the University of Utah’s Department of Chemistry joined forces to improve imaging tools that may soon enable scientists to better observe signaling in functioning cells and other molecular-scale processes central to life.
16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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