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Wildlife

Discovering the traits of extinct birds

Pranjal Malewar

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

Electric Buses Charging Station
Technology

Transforming electric bus depots into profitable energy hubs

Ashwini Sakharkar

Using public transport depots to generate solar energy.

378 satellites
Space

Is the Milky Way galaxy special?

Amit Malewar

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

Environment

How dangerous is Great Salt Lake dust?

Pranjal Malewar

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

The Diadem Device.
Health

New biomedical device promises noninvasive treatment of chronic pain

Ashwini Sakharkar

A practical, long-sought solution.

illustration flexible bending circuit board
Technology

New flexible substrate material could help combat e-waste

Ashwini Sakharkar

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

A human brain isolated on white
Health

Understanding the brain’s creativity origins

Dr. Prajakta Banik

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

Zebrafish Swimming
Health

Why can zebrafish heal heart damage, unlike other fish?

Dr. Prajakta Banik

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.
Science

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

Amit Malewar

Ancient marvel Lokiceratops' ornate horns point to evolutionary insights.

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

Geologic record reveals how the oceans were oxygenated

Ashwini Sakharkar

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

Invention

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

Amit Malewar

It harness changes in ambient temperature to self-charge,

extremely energetic cosmic ray
Space

The second highest-energy cosmic ray ever detected

Amit Malewar

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
Biology

Potential endometrial cancer treatments from estrogen receptor study

Dr. Prajakta Banik

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

Image shwoing Earth's core
Earth

‘Planet within a planet’ revealed by research into Earth’s deep core

Pranjal Malewar

Seismologists probe Earth’s inner core.

Image showing brain mechnism.
Neuroscience

Mouse Hoxb8 microglia stimulation induces anxiety and grooming in specific brain regions

Vidya Nagalwade

Chronic anxiety and OCSD-like behavior in mice.

Image showing Andromeda galaxy
Space

Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other

Amit Malewar

Extraordinary black hole found in a neighboring galaxy.

Campana cell in green
Science

A new type of nerve cell discovered in the retina

Amit Malewar

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

Magnet experiment
Technology

Cleaning up orbiting space junk with a new, better method

Amit Malewar

Space has become a trash heap.

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

Measuring diameters of distant stars

Amit Malewar

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

Science

New species of dinosaur discovered

Amit Malewar

A new species of Allosaurus.

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

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

Amit Malewar

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
Invention

Turning Algae into fuel

Amit Malewar

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
Social Science

Study Revealed The Right Age To Get Married

Amit Malewar

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
Health

Study Links Menstrual Cycle Characteristics to Fertility

Amit Malewar

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...

Recent Stories

Cultural identity and resilience: Insights into the meaning of life

Psychology

A stunning Einstein ring hiding in plain sight in a galaxy not far away

Space

Moderate-to-vigorous childhood exercise may delay the start of smoking

Health

Historic breakthrough: Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time

Technology

Qubits to qudits: A new device uses quantum principles to relay information securely

Quantum Physics