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BYU researcher co-authors paper in world’s top scientific journal

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
December 18, 2017
Nature paper offers insight into supermassive black holes by looking at a galaxy 8 billion light years away.
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Intellect

Want safe travels? Find freeways with these features

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
November 16, 2017
A solid median, wide shoulders, minimal hills — and a high speed limit? BYU researchers explore freeway features that minimize crash risk.

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Intellect

Researchers use Wikipedia to give AI context clues

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 19, 2017
A team of BYU computer scientists is teaching artificial intelligence agents how to interact with the world in a way that makes sense.

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Intellect

BYU-created mini tool has massive potential

By K.C. Miller
August 30, 2017
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere — and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses.

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Intellect

Professors 3D-print first truly microfluidic "lab on a chip" device

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 14, 2017
Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers.

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Intellect

How secure are your messages?

By K.C. Miller
August 10, 2017
Researchers at BYU have learned that most users of popular messaging apps are leaving themselves exposed to hacking and fraud because they aren’t using important security options.

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Intellect

BYU researchers develop method that could produce stronger, more pliable metals

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 07, 2017
BYU researchers said this paper is the first to attempt to crack the code of the atomic structures that heavily influence grain boundary properties with the computer algorithms of machine learning.

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Intellect

BYU back to E3 with Nokbak

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 19, 2017
Nokbak is the third BYU-created video game in five years to be nominated as a finalist in E3’s College Game Competition.

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Intellect

Hottest known planet discovery published in Nature

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 06, 2017
The temperature of KELT-9b, whose discovery BYU researchers contributed to, is 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit — just shy of the temperature of our sun.

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Announcements

New dean for BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

May 22, 2017
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President Brent W. Webb announced this week that C. Shane Reese has been named the new dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

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Intellect

Training computers, helping humans

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
May 01, 2017
Three BYU professors recently received Career Awards: the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty.

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Intellect

Lab on a chip designed to minimize preterm births

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
April 13, 2017
With help from a palm-sized plastic rectangle, BYU researchers are hoping to minimize the problem of premature deliveries. The chip is designed to predict, with up to 90 percent accuracy, a woman’s risk for a future preterm birth.

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Intellect

BYU profs discover Moabosaurus in excavations from Utah's 'gold mine'

By Brooke Adams
April 12, 2017
Meet Utah’s newly discovered dinosaur, Moabosaurus utahensis, whose past offers insights into the state’s ancient history.

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Intellect

Lego figurines don’t stand a chance against time reversal

By Brooke Adams
March 29, 2017
A BYU researcher's targeted sound vibrations can topple individual Lego figurines without touch — and the applications extend far beyond play.

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Intellect

BYU researchers help discover massive exoplanet

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
March 27, 2017
Understanding more about KELT-16b, though it’s “as different from Earth as you could possibly get,” might ultimately give scientists a better understanding of our own planet.

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Intellect

How eating less can slow the aging process

By Brooke Adams
February 09, 2017
New BYU research shows why calorie restriction made mice live longer and healthier lives.

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Intellect

BYU psychologist, physicist and statistician collaborate on unique study

By Alec Sears
November 02, 2016
Sunshine matters. A lot. The idea isn’t exactly new, but according to a recent BYU study, when it comes to your mental and emotional health, the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is the weather variable that matters most.

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Events

Evolution and Faith to be Discussed at BYU’s Summerhays Lecture

September 14, 2016
Date: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 Time: 6 p.m. Location: Varsity Theatre, Wilkinson Student Center, BYU Price: free Although the topics of evolution and faith are often seen as conflicting, BYU biology professor Steven L. Peck will argue otherwise in this fall’s Summerhays Lecture, titled Evolving Faith: Putting Evolution in an LDS Context.
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