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Study Confirms 1966 Prediction: The Most Energetic Particles in the Universe Are Not from the Neighborhood March 21, 2008 - Final results from the University of Utah's High Resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray observatory show that the most energetic particles in the universe rarely reach Earth at full strength because they come from great distances, so most of them collide with radiation left over from the birth of the universe.. Read the rest of the story here. Rare Cosmic Rays Are from Far Away . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story March 13, 2008 - - How Alligators Rock and Roll Without a ripple in the water, alligators dive, surface or roll . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story February 04, 2008 - How Gorged Gator Guts Digest Big, Bony Meals When an alligator eats, the amount it consumes is like a 130-pound woman eating a 30-pound hamburger . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story February 19, 2008 - We are What we Drink Crime-fighting Tool: Hair Reveals Where Murder Victims Drank Water . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story February 04, 2008 - How Gorged Gator Guts Digest Big, Bony Meals When an alligator eats, the amount it consumes is like a 130-pound woman eating a 30-pound hamburger . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story January 10, 2008 - Proton Powered Pooping Muscles usually contract when a neurotransmitter molecule is released from nerve cells onto muscle cells. But University of Utah scientists. . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story November 12, 2007 - Nobel Winner To Speak At Commencement Geneticist Mario R. Capecchi, the University of Utah's first Nobel Prize laureate, will be the featured speaker during the 2008 commencement . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story October 25, 2007 - Scientists Alter Sexual Orientation in Worms University of Utah biologists genetically manipulated nematode worms so the animals were attracted to worms of the same sex . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story October 8, 2007 - Mario Capecchi, University of Utah Gene-Targeting Pioneer, Wins 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine In the early hours of Monday, October 8th, 2007, Mario Capecchi received a telephone call from Stockholm, informing him that he had . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story October 4, 2007 - Living Fossils Have Hot Sex University of Utah scientists discovered a strange method of reproduction in primitive plants named cycads: The plants heat up . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story August 21, 2007 - The U's Economic Impact Includes 17 Start-up Companies in 2007 Several promising medical technology companies were formed within the past year. Once such company is Larada Sciences which will market the LouseBuster, co-invented by Dale Clayton . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story June 15, 2007 - Mutating The Entire Genome Genes account for only 2.5 percent of DNA in the human genetic blueprint, yet diseases can result not only from mutant genes, but from . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story May 4, 2007 - 2007 Rosenblatt Prize Awarded To Mary C. Beckerle Mary C. Beckerle, Professor of Biology and Executive Director of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story May 3, 2007 - Will Global Warming Disrupt Rainforests? Tom Kursar a University of Utah Biologist and other researchers -- including former University of Utah Postdoctoral Fellow Bettina Engelbrecht . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story May 1, 2007 - High Honors For U Faculty Members University of Utah Mathematician Christopher Hacon has received one of his field's top honors, while Biologist Baldomero "Toto" Olivera . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story April 9, 2007 - Progress Against Sarcoma University of Utah geneticists have engineered mice that can develop synovial sarcoma - a significant early step toward developing new treatments . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story April 5, 2007 - Why Small Dogs Are Small Soon after humans began domesticating dogs 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, they started breeding small . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story March 13, 2007 - Utah Biologist Is Harvard Foundation's Scientist Of The Year University of Utah Biologist Baldomero "Toto" Olivera, who looks for possible new medicines in the toxins of venemous sea-dwelling cone snails, . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story March 12, 2007 - These Legs Were Made For Fighting Ape-like human ancestors known as australopiths maintained short legs for 2 million years because a squat physique. . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story January 29, 2007 - Mutant Gene Shatters Nerves If you bend a knee or an elbow, the nerves in your limbs stretch but do not break. A University of Utah study suggests . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story November 13, 2006 - A New Target For Painkillers A brand new approach to treating severe nerve pain - by aiming drugs at a previously unrecognized molecular . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story November 9, 2006 - A Buffet For Early Human Relatives University of Utah scientists improved a method of testing fossil teeth, and showed that early human relatives varied their diets with the seasons 1.8 million . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story November 6, 2006 - The Lousebuster Kills University of Utah biologists invented a chemical-free, hairdryer-like device - the LouseBuster - and conducted a study . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story October 9, 2006 - U Biologist Named To Institute Of Medicine Baldomero "Toto" Olivera - a University of Utah biologist who seeks new medications from the toxins of poisonous cone snails - won one of medicine's. . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story August 21, 2006 - A New Tool Against Brain Disease University of Utah researchers isolated an unusual nerve toxin in an ocean-dwelling snail, and say its ability. . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story August 7, 2006 - Scientists Reverse Evolution University of Utah scientists have shown how evolution works by reversing the process, reconstructing a 530-million-year-old gene . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story June 16, 2006 - Synergy Award Winners Promote Cooperation Among Utah Researchers The Office of the Vice President for Research today announced the 2006 Synergy awardees. Synergy is a new program designed to stimulate discovery . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story April 26, 2006 - American Academy Honors U Biologist University of Utah Biology Professor Phyllis "Lissy" Coley has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a group . . . U of U News Release ~ Feature Story April 5, 2006 - U Biologist Named A "Million-Dollar Professor" Baldomero "Toto" Olivera, a University of Utah Biologist who has spent his career developing new medicines from the toxins of deadly cone snails . . . Feature Story. January 10, 2006 - El Nino Hurts Whale Breeding The whales produce fewer calves than expected in years when El Nino makes waters warmer in the western South Atlantic off . . . Feature Story. January 2, 2006 - An Elephant Tail New Tracking Method May Help Endangered Packyderms. Feature Story. December 22, 2005 - Why Christmas Trees Are Not Extinct Utah study suggests why conifers did not die of thirst long ago. Feature Story. December 8, 2005 - Scientists Fetch Useful Information From Dog Genome Publications Today a plethora of dog genome-related materials are published, including a new book titled "The Dog and Its Genome" . . . Feature Story. October 6, 2005 - Rhythm Gene Discovered University of Utah biologists found a gene that controls rhythmic events in a worms life. Feature Story. September 14, 2005 - Secrets Of The Whale Riders University of Utah biologists studied the genetics of "whale lice". Feature Story. June 1, 2005 - Harold Hirth Retires After 42 Years After 42 years of dedicated service, Dr. Harold Hirth retires as Emeritus Professor of Biology. Feature Story. March 21, 2005 - HHMI Appoints 43 Investigators: Including Biology Professor, Erik Jorgensen The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announces the selection of its new HHMI investigators. Feature Story. January 10, 2005 - U Professor Helps Ease Others' Pain McIntosh's snail research leads to FDA-approved drug. Feature Story. December 29, 2004 - New Painkiller Was Born In Utah Olivera's Undergrad Discovered Natural Form in Venomous Snails in 1979. Feature Story. December 8, 2004 - Rose Studies Singing In The Brain Gary Rose and collaborators studies why songs are stored as snippets in the minds of birds. Feature Story. November 17, 2004 - Bramble Discovers How Running Made Us Human Dennis Bramble studies why endurance running lets us evolve to look the way we do. Feature Story. October 4, 2004 - Clayton's Tale Of Lice And Men Dale Clayton researches how parasite genes reveal modern and archaic humans made contact. Feature Story. October 4, 2004 - Sieburth Discovers How Roots Control Plant Shoots University of Utah biologists, Leslie Sieburth and Jaimie Van Norman, discovered a gene that helps roots limit leaf growth. Feature Story. July 29, 2004 - Coley Researches How To Save A Rainforest: Eat A Tree Phyllis Coley and Paul Fine found insects increase biodiversity by munching on dominant trees. Feature Story. |