Innovate U
U.S. Suffers From Low Social Mobility. Is Sprawl Partly to Blame?
Using Census data, researchers untangle interplay between urban development patterns and socioeconomic outcomes.
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Burning Questions: Exploring Roles of Fire, Fuel and Fauna
Museum exhibit showcases curators’ research that probes how wildfire patterns change in response to herbivore extinction.
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Does Coffee and Tea Prevent Head and Neck Cancer?
Meta-analysis of past studies suggests positive effect, calculating reduced risk of certain cancers for coffee and tea drinkers.
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Gene Linked to High-altitude Adaptation May Transform Blood Cancer Care
Indigenous Andeans have a gene variant that is associated with better treatment outcomes for various blood diseases.
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How Loss of Urban Trees Affects Education Outcomes
Economics study highlights how ecosystem degradation disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities.
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What Happens to Meltwater from Greenland’s Ice Sheet
It eventually reaches the sea, but GPS data that tracks the rise and fall of Greenland bedrock reveals complicated journey.
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HIV Drug Based in Research by Sundquist Lab is Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year
Lenacapavir provides protection for half a year instead of one day and has performed extremely well in clinical trials.
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“Mirror life” is still a hypothetical. Here’s why it should probably stay that way.
Mirror-reversed synthetic organisms could aid drug development–but could also interact with humans and the environment in unpredictable, potentially dangerous ways.
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Is Ozone Pollution Harming Unborn Children?
Interdisciplinary research documents link between prenatal exposures in Utah and increased risk of intellectual disability.
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Innovation at the Forefront
Since its inception in 1850, the university's innovative landscape has paved the way for life-changing inventions and discoveries. Recognized as the first institution to receive an NIH grant in 1945, the U is distinguished for its countless research studies, from performing the world’s first artificial heart transplant to developing the Internet as the ARPANET’s fourth node. The U’s noteworthy history, state-of-the-art facilities, and remarkable research community continue to contribute to the U’s leading research breakthroughs.
