Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, pass sluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips, according to a University of Utah study that suggests drivers on cell phones congest traffic.
Read MoreScientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed mountains and valleys, creating environments that favored the emergence of humanity.
Read MorePatients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an often deadly bone marrow cancer, rarely live more than three years after diagnosis if treated with conventional chemotherapy or even some of the newer drug therapies. However, a new program at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah is now providing another treatment option that offers hope to multiple myeloma patients-a chance to live 10 or more years following diagnosis.
Read MoreKennecott Land’s West Bench development will have a major beneficial impact on Salt Lake County and the state of Utah according to a new study of the project by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic Business Research (BEBR.) The study, done at the request of Kennecott Land, shows the long-term projected economic and demographic impacts (including multiplier effects) of the project.
Read MoreResearchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up – and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had been thought – indicating that humans on different continents are becoming increasingly different.
Read MoreThe Utah Education Policy Center (UEPC) has joined with 32 other leading university education research centers from 23 different states to form the Education Policy Alliance. The EPA website is highlighted by a free internet search engine, now available to those looking for instant access to high-quality educational policy research.
Read MorePerhaps the first stars in the newborn universe did not shine, but instead were invisible “dark stars” 400 to 200,000 times wider than the sun and powered by the annihilation of mysterious dark matter, a University of Utah study concludes.
Read MoreSociety’s attitudes toward different drugs and its ways of regulating them are often “inconsistent,” “incoherent” and ultimately unjust, says a new book by a team of University of Utah scholars.
Honors students are taking civic engagement into their own hands by organizing and leading a symposium on social justice.
Read MoreAs the University of Utah and Brigham Young University prepare to face off in Saturday’s rivalry game, officials at both universities, in conjunction with The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), are making preparations to rid the marketplace of potential counterfeit and unlicensed merchandise.
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