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Discovering the traits of extinct birds

Birds endemic to islands, lacking flight, with large bodies and pointy wings are the most vulnerable.

Electric Buses Charging Station

Transforming electric bus depots into profitable energy hubs

Using public transport depots to generate solar energy.

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Is the Milky Way galaxy special?

New insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

How dangerous is Great Salt Lake dust?

The dry playa have elevated 'oxidative potential,' indicating greater risk to human health.

illustration flexible bending circuit board

New flexible substrate material could help combat e-waste

The material could allow the recycling of parts from many single-use and wearable devices.

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Understanding the brain’s creativity origins

Electrophysiological dynamics of the default mode network and its role in creative thinking.

Zebrafish Swimming

Why can zebrafish heal heart damage, unlike other fish?

Single-cell profiling identifies unique aspects of regenerating hearts.

Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move past in the background.

New dinosaur species with big, blade-like horns discovered in Montana

Ancient marvel Lokiceratops' ornate horns point to evolutionary insights.

What the geologic record reveals about how the oceans were oxygenated.

Geologic record reveals how the oceans were oxygenated

Emerging data suggest that the initial rise of O2 in Earth's atmosphere was dynamic.

A novel type of battery gathers and stores electricity in remote settings

It harness changes in ambient temperature to self-charge,

extremely energetic cosmic ray

The second highest-energy cosmic ray ever detected

The particles are so high energy, they shouldn’t be affected by galactic and extra-galactic magnetic fields.

Man gynecologist showing female diseases with pen on plastic artificial model of uterus and ovaries

Potential endometrial cancer treatments from estrogen receptor study

Endometrial cancer & gene regulation: insights from Estrogen receptor alpha mutations.

Image showing Andromeda galaxy

Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other

Extraordinary black hole found in a neighboring galaxy.

Campana cell in green

A new type of nerve cell discovered in the retina

The newly identified Campana cell could play a role in visual signal processing.

Adding more telescopes at greater distances can improve the angular resolution of Stellar Intensity Interferometry up to the capability to image stellar surfaces

Measuring diameters of distant stars

One more indicator that gamma-ray telescopes, and their scientists, are more than meets the eye.

New species of dinosaur discovered

A new species of Allosaurus.

There is a link between unique brain cells and OCD and anxiety

There is a link between unique brain cells and OCD and anxiety

Female sex hormones caused more severe OCD behaviors and induced added anxiety in the mice.

University of Utah chemical engineering assistant professor Swomitra Mohanty, pictured with beakers of algae, is part of a team that has developed a new kind of jet mixer for turning algae into biomass that extracts the lipids with much less energy than the older extraction method. It is a key discovery that now puts this form of energy closer to becoming a viable, cost-effective alternative fuel. Credit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering

Turning Algae into fuel

High energy density transportation fuels remain essential to long distance transportation. However, scalable high energy density alternatives to fossil fuels remain challenging. Yet, microbial...

Study Revealed The Right Age To Get Married

Study Revealed The Right Age To Get Married

It's already a difficult task to find the right life partner to get married at the right age. But science has even suggested the...

Quick Menstrual Cycle Linked To Lower Fertility

Study Links Menstrual Cycle Characteristics to Fertility

Almost every woman experiences menstrual cramps every month. The menstrual cycle is characterized by processes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian system. Previously, a study proves that...

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