The U.S Army is looking to improve some of its materials and is asking scientists at the University of Utah to help. The U. was chosen to lead a handful of other universities through a five-year project that could bring about more energy efficient devices and batteries. KCPW’s Jessica Gail explains what the new research would mean on and off the battlefield.
Engineering students from colleges and universities throughout the West gathered in Tooele over the weekend to compete in the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, using models they’ve designed and built themselves. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the competition is the high point for their school year, which they’ve dedicated to turning their concepts and calculations into reality.
A managing director with the most popular online search engine took part in Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s annual Economic Summit this morning (Tuesday) at the Grand America Hotel, showing Utah business leaders how their companies can leverage the latest online marketing tools to make their businesses more successful. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on the tools Google says Utah companies should be using now.
The world’s largest organization dedicated to preventing corrosion in transportation infrastructure and pipelines was in Salt Lake City this week to showcase the latest tools and technology in the field. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on the growing industry’s behind-the-scenes efforts to strengthen systems that many people don’t notice until they fail.
The Utah State Board of Education is hoping to restore funding for a public school program hailed as one of the most successful science and engineering programs in the country. MESA, which stands for Math Engineering Science Achievement, lost its state funding during the 2010 session, which has some concerned that students are missing out. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on what is being done to bring it back.
The fight between Microsoft and Utah software company Novell continued on Monday, as Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates testified in a Salt Lake City U.S. District Court to defend his company in an anti-trust lawsuit. Novell claimed Microsoft was paranoid about competition, and actively tried to stomp it out. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Gates testified Microsoft’s actions were about creating quality products, not cornering the market.
A truck that’s typically used to chase twisters in the Midwest is making rounds in Utah this month to get an unprecedented look inside snow and rain storms over the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding Wasatch and Oquirrh mountains. KCPW’s Whittney Evans got a first-hand look at the technology to find out how it could improve weather forecasts in the future.
A neurobiologist at the University of Utah is being hailed as one of the nation’s most promising early career scientists by the New York Stem Cell Foundation. Dr. Christopher Gregg is hoping to gain new insights into obesity, bulimia, anorexia and other disorders by studying the brain.
Segment 1: The number of Alzheimer’s patients in Utah is expected to nearly double by 2025. That’s prompted a state task force to start planning for the growing needs of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. On Wednesday, Sen. Karen Morgan and Nick Zullo of the Alzheimer’s Association join Jennifer with an update on how the…
Segment 1: Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Scott Sampson is asking a provocative question: With the rise of global homogenization and a steep decline in time spent outdoors over the past few decades, are we as humans losing our love of place? On Monday, Sampson joins Jennifer to talk about reviving topophilia (love of place). Sampson…
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