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‘Miracle’ filter turns store-bought LEDs into spintronic devices

For the first time, scientists transformed existing optoelectronic devices into ones that can control electron spin at room temperature, without a ferromagnet or magnetic field. Researchers replaced the electrodes of store-bought LEDs with a...
25-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Genetics reveal ancient trade routes and path to domestication of the Four Corners potato

Indigenous people brought a native potato to southern Utah, adding to the list of culturally significant plant species that pre-contact cultures domesticated in the Southwestern U.S. Genetic analysis revealed Solanum jamesii had been collected,...
25-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Producing water out of thin air

Earth’s atmosphere holds an ocean of fresh water. Extracting some of that moisture is seen as a potential way to provide clean drinking water to billions of people globally who face chronic shortages. A prototype device developed by University of...
24-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Your therapist wants you to go outside

Led by the University of Utah, a meta-analysis of existing research shows exposure to nature, even as little as 10 minutes, could benefit those with diagnosed mental illness.
18-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Of ants and trees: ‘Evolutionary déjà’ in the tropical rainforest

University of Utah biologists discover that multiple species of Myrmelachista ants have independently evolved the same specialized relationship with understory trees of Neotropical rainforests.
18-Jul-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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The science of plant decomposition and why it matters

Each year, Earth’s plants drop about 100 billion tons organic material--leaves, sticks, bark, pollen--much of it ending up in waterways where it decomposes, perpetuating a cycle that shuttles carbon back and forth between the environment and...
10-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Astronomers find missing link in massive black hole formation

Newly identified fast-moving stars in the star cluster Omega Centauri provide solid evidence for a central black hole in the cluster. With at least 8,200 solar masses, that black hole is the best candidate for a class of black holes astronomers have...
9-Jul-2024 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Loki’s horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades

The Natural History Museum of Utah announced Lokiceratops rangiformis, the largest and most ornate horned dino ever found. Its distinctive horn pattern inspired its name, "Loki’s horned face that looks like a caribou."
24-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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