Shelby Clark
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The NSF wants to pay tuition, rent and much more for BYU Cybersecurity students
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Shelby Clark
February 14, 2024
The NSF recently awarded the cybersecurity program within the BYU Electrical & Computer Engineering department with a five-year, $3.7 million grant called the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service. BYU is one of only six schools nationwide to receive the award this year, which recognizes students with technical talent, moral integrity, leadership, and second language skills.
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Cold & flu season is in full swing... This BYU professor knows the best research-backed medicine for each symptom
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Shelby Clark
January 17, 2024
In this Q&A, BYU nursing professor Katreena Merrill shares her decades of expertise and recent findings from her perfectly timed research (carried out with fellow BYU professor Beth Luthy) to help make navigating the cold and flu aisle at the store more manageable this winter.
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National math associations agree: BYU's got some of the best math programs in the country
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Shelby Clark
December 05, 2023
Accolades continue to pour in for BYU’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, as both the statistics and math departments have recently received national awards recognizing their programs as some of the best in the country.
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BYU student uses the gift of language to bless others
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Shelby Clark
November 01, 2023
For first-generation college student Sarah Davila, growing up near the sunny Florida coast consisted of playing on the beach, learning English in school and making traditional Colombian food with her mom. Davila’s parents had moved to the United States a few months before Davila was born, hoping to provide her with a bright future.
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Deceivingly dangerous: BYU team creates first nationwide database tracking low-head dams across U.S.
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Shelby Clark
October 18, 2023
BYU research finds that more than 1,000 people have drowned because of low-head dams. In a massive effort to prevent future tragedies, BYU professors and students joined forces with a national task force to recently create the first nationwide database cataloging the location of more than 13,000 low-head dams.
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BYU researchers help lead biggest DNA and protein cancer study to date
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Shelby Clark
August 28, 2023
Two Brigham Young University researchers are principal contributors to the largest comprehensive study to date on how cancer spreads and affects proteins in the body.
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Sustainable science: BYU professors use special bacteria to turn waste into renewable energy
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Shelby Clark
August 23, 2023
For years, farming facilities across the country have utilized anaerobic digesters to convert cow manure into renewable energy. However, these digesters have been limited to a modest 30–40% efficiency. Now, groundbreaking research led by a team of BYU professors is revolutionizing the process, making it faster and more efficient than ever before by pretreating the waste with a special bacteria.
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Serious fireworks: BYU students celebrating 4th of July with explosive win at collegiate rocket competition
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Shelby Clark
July 03, 2023
For the BYU Rocketry Team, celebrating the Fourth of July this year with fireworks just isn’t going to cut it. After all, fireworks that might shoot a few hundred feet in the air pale in comparison to the 10,000 feet their BYU rocket reached while winning the 2023 Spaceport America Cup.
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Snooze or lose: BYU study says nighttime routines impact teen sleep duration
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Shelby Clark
June 20, 2023
With summer in full swing and daily schedules changing, teenagers may be rolling out of bed closer to lunchtime than breakfast. And while the occasional late night is fun, research suggests that poor sleep habits are linked to a host of health problems such as obesity, depression, anxiety, and learning disorders. A new study from BYU found that the activities teens do before bed significantly impact the quantity of their sleep.
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