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The Daily Utah Chronicle

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The Daily Utah Chronicle

(Courtesy of University of Utah Department of Physical Therapy)

U’s Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Great Potential

February 25, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] One in three people in this country are at risk of type 2 diabetes or have pre-diabetes, and the Center for Disease Control has launched a prevention program to fight...

(Photo Courtesy of Greg Clark)

Financial Grant Helps U Researchers Lend a Bionic Hand to Amputees

February 11, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “It’s like waking up something as if it had been dead.” That is how Greg Clark, associate professor in bioengineering, describes his work creating bionic hands...

(Photo Courtesy of  Logan Mitchell)

Researchers Use TRAX to Measure Air Pollutants

By Kylee Ehmann February 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The inversion is unavoidable in the Salt Lake Valley, but new research may be able to pinpoint specific areas where health risks may increase. Different locations...

(Photo Courtesy of the U Department of Chemistry)

U Research Team Develops New Antibiotics

By Carolyn Webber January 30, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   As new illnesses and bacteria continue to develop, so should the antibiotics to beat them. Yet big pharmaceutical companies often leave the research to universities,...

((Courtesy of Lisa Cannon-Albright)
Pictured is Lisa Cannon-Albright, professor and the chief of the Division of Genetic Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at the U.)

Fighting Prostate Cancer with Genetics

By Christine Kannapel January 30, 2015

  Most of the men at the U are young and carefree, but it’s never too early to look at their family history for prostate cancer because it may benefit them in the future. Since the 1970s, Lisa...

(Photo Courtesy of Çağan Şekercioğlu)

U Students Study Wildlife in Red Butte Canyon

January 30, 2015

  Life in Salt Lake City is full of buzzing cars and tall buildings, but just beyond the metropolitan area in Red Butte Canyon lies an area teeming with wild animals, including elk, moose and deer. A...

(Photo Courtesy of Bryan Tran)

Undergraduates Present Research to Legislators

January 29, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   Students from the U are presenting their research to the Utah Legislature this week. Cindy Greaves, project coordinator for the Office of Undergraduate Research,...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Dental Program Finds New Home in Research Park

January 26, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   The U’s School of Dentistry now has 86,000 square feet to house its growing program. The dentistry program, previously located in the Health Sciences Education...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Marriott Library Creates a Digital Space

December 3, 2014

  With smartphones, smart televisions and smart cars, the Marriott Library is getting on board with the rising digital trend and responding to the requests of students and faculty to have more digital...

(Photo Courtesy University of Utah College of Engineering)

U Engineers Design Filter That Helps Smartphone Battery Life

December 1, 2014

  Do you want your smartphone battery to last longer? U scientists may have found a solution. A group of engineers on campus developed a new light filter that could improve the lifetime of tablet...