COVID-19 has expedited a trend of migration into western gateway communities–remote workers are fleeing cities to ride out the pandemic. A new study using data from 2018 found that growing populations caused urgent planning pressures, and officials fe…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Trees and lawns beat the heat
To mitigate heat in light of climate change, city planners are replacing artificial surfaces with vegetation cover. In water-limited regions, they have to balance the benefit of cooler temperatures with conserving water. A University of Utah study foun…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Design and test potential COVID-19 treatments from your phone
Anyone with a smartphone can download the app ViDok, which lets users pick from a library of molecules that might bind to key proteins on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and then can tweak the molecules to try to find a better fit.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: School absences correlate to impaired air quality
In Salt Lake City schools, absences rise when the air quality worsens, and it’s not just in times of high pollution or “red” air quality days–even days following lower levels of pollutions saw increased absences.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Bioelectrocatalysis uses cellular processes for chemical synthesis
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: U researchers find public safety risks in bail reform
Discussions of reforming the bail system, which allows defendants to post a monetary bond and leave jail while they await trial, often turn to the question of public safety. Would people out on bail commit additional crimes?
The answer, according to …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: University of Utah Law research questions whether national monument management plans follow federal law
New research from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment questions whether the federal government followed the law in finalizing management plans for the Bears Ears and Grand …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why males pack a powerful punch
Elk have antlers. Rams have horns. In the animal kingdom, males develop specialized weapons for competition when winning a fight is critical. Humans do too, according to new research from the University of Utah. Males’ upper bodies are built for more p…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New species of Allosaurus discovered in Utah
A remarkable new species of meat-eating dinosaur, Allosaurus jimmadseni, was unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah. The huge carnivore inhabited the flood plains of western North America during the Late Jurassic Period, between 157-152 million…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: University of Utah selects Rodney Chatman as new chief of police at the Department of Public Safety
The University of Utah has selected Rodney Chatman as the new chief of police of the Department of Public Safety.
Chatman, currently executive director of public safety and chief of police at the University of Dayton in Ohio, will assume his role on F…
