UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ENGINEERS DEVELOP COMPUTERIZED BIONIC LEG TO HELP AMPUTEES WALK FASTER, EASIER AND WITH BETTER BALANCE For a brief time, Kerry Finn felt like “The Terminator” or... Read more
Protocol doesn’t require new hardware; works with existing devices A group of researchers led by a BYU computer engineering professor has created a protocol that significantl... Read more
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ENGINEERS HELP DEVELOP MOTORIZED PROSTHETIC ARM THAT CAN SENSE TOUCH, MOVE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS Keven Walgamott had a good “feeling” about picking up the egg witho... Read more
Results highlight potential diabetes drug target and role for ceramides in sensing nutrition A small chemical change — shifting the position of two hydrogen atoms — mak... Read more
Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity. Such materials can be used to convert waste heat... Read more
Even among cancers, pancreatic cancer is an especially sinister form of disease. The one-year survival rate is extremely low, and treatment progress has lagged behind that of many... Read more
PHYSICISTS BUILD DEVICES USING MINERAL PEROVSKITE When German mineralogist Gustav Rose stood on the slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1839 and picked up a piece of a previously... Read more
With today’s technology, we can 3-D-print sculptures, mechanical parts, prosthetics, even guns and food. But a team of University of Utah biomedical engineers have developed a meth... Read more
U ENGINEERS DEVELOP COMPUTERIZED CAMERA WITHOUT OPTICS THAT INSTEAD USES AN ORDINARY WINDOW AS THE LENS University of Utah electrical and computer engineers have discovered a way t... Read more
Ever get chills listening to a particularly moving piece of music? You can thank the salience network of the brain for that emotional joint. Surprisingly, this region also remains... Read more
In 1991, University of Utah chemist Joel Miller developed the first magnet with carbon-based, or organic, components that was stable at room temperature. It was a great advance in... Read more
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCHERS DEVELOP FASTER, MORE ACCURATE TEST FOR LIVER CANCER THAT CAN BE ADMINISTERED ANYWHERE It’s estimated that about 788,000 people worldwide died of live... Read more
