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Most powerful gamma ray observatory gets green light

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory was designated a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, accelerating its mission to discover gamma ray origins.

Geology

Misha Lived in Zoos, but the Elephant’s Tooth Enamel Helps Reconstruct Wildlife Migrations

U geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth reveal where large plant-eating animals have roamed.

Health

Person in a lab coat looks at a dish of microbes.

Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests

The results could eventually lead to microbe-based therapies to prevent and treat type 1 diabetes.

Atmospheric Sciences

An emissions tale of two cities: Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles

Research shows carbon monoxide emissions on Salt Lake City freeways worsened while they went down in Southern California.

Engineering

The future of telescope lenses is flat

U engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars.

Mines and Earth Microscopic photographer of the oxides. Looks like crystals.

Purity at a premium in critical metals

University of Utah researchers secure major funding to advance domestic critical metals production.

Physics

An illustration of dwarf galaxies with active black holes.

‘Vast discovery’ of black holes in dwarf galaxies

New U-led research from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument reveals 300 new intermediate-mass black holes and 2,500 dwarf galaxies with…

Engineering

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

Experimental technology would enable sight-saving procedures on one of the most delicate tissues in the human body.

Business

What water treaties can teach us about effective intergroup bargaining

Business scholar Ravideep Sethi explores how groups can structure negotiations that achieve optimal outcomes.

Geophysics

Maybe Earth’s inner core is not so solid after all

New research suggests the surface of the inner core is deformed from contact with turbulent liquid outer core.

Biology

A sea lion resting on a dock. Image credit: Hogle Zoo.

Hogle Zoo and U of U Health Team Up to Diagnose and Treat 650-Pound Sick Sea Lion

Ever wondered how to get a sea lion through a CT scanner?

Health

Green and magenta fluorescent microscope image of a fruit fly brain. Image credit: Rothenfluh et al, Current Biology.

Research in Fruit Flies Pinpoints Brain Pathways Involved in Alcohol-Induced Insomnia

This work could ultimately lead to targeted treatments to help people recover from alcohol use disorder.

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