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Engineering

Bionic LUKE Arm faces first test in day-to-day use

Thought-controlled prosthesis, developed by U engineers, undergoes clinical trial outside lab.

Environment

Great Salt Lake is Rebounding But Dust Monitoring Needs Improvement

Utah should deploy equipment to track PM10 blowing from exposed lakebed into Davis, Weber counties, according to GSL Strike Team

Atmospheric Sciences

Technology For Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won’t Help the Climate

U atmospheric scientists show “geoengineering” efforts to remove greenhouse gas could worsen air quality while provide minimal climate benefits.

Health

A person facing away from the camera leans heavily on a counter, head down, as if exhausted or in pain.

COVID-19 Infection Associated With Nearly Eightfold Increase in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Rates of the understudied condition have increased dramatically since the pandemic began.

Biology

Coyote Numbers Are Often Higher in Areas Where They Are Hunted

Counterintuitive findings based on images from camera traps deployed in nationwide campaign to document wildlife.

Environment Society & Sustainability

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.

NHMU

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.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

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.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

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.

Economics

How Loss of Urban Trees Affects Education Outcomes

Economics study highlights how ecosystem degradation disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities.

Geology

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.

Chemistry

Illustration of HIV particles in the nucleus.

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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