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Jayne Edwards

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Email: jaynepriceedwards@gmail.com
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Intellect

BYU home to nation's best chemical engineering student

By Jayne Edwards
December 11, 2018
BYU professor also wins prestigious chemical engineering honor
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Intellect

Checked off "the talk" with your teen? Not so fast: one isn't enough

By Jayne Edwards
September 30, 2018
Patting yourself on the back for gritting through “the talk” with your kid? Not so fast: new research from BYU family life professor Laura Padilla-Walker suggests that when it comes to your teens, one vague and generic conversation about sex is not enough.
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Intellect

BYU Ph.D. grad, NASA research fellow leads by example

By Jayne Edwards
August 13, 2018
From age 13, Alden Yellowhorse wanted to be an engineer. After transferring to BYU for his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, going on to get a Ph.D. was not his expectation. However, the decision to get his Ph.D. has opened doors for personal, professional and academic growth – including an ongoing research relationship with NASA.
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Intellect

Want to stop corruption? Text voters

By Jayne Edwards
July 24, 2018
A new study from a BYU political science professor shows texting information about politicians' corruption can improve democratic election outcomes.

 

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Intellect

Stopping a tiny — and deadly — fly in its tracks

By Jayne Edwards
July 04, 2018
Sixty million people in sub-Saharan Africa live at risk of African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by parasites transmitted through the tsetse fly. In the late stage of the disease, when the parasite crosses the blood-brain barrier, the results are oftentimes fatal.
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Character

BYU students connect missing soldiers to their families

By Jayne Edwards
June 20, 2018
The U.S. Army called in genealogical reinforcements in the form of BYU students who track down living relatives of soldiers who have 

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Intellect

The extraordinary geological adventures of Hannah Bonner

By Jayne Edwards
April 19, 2018
While at BYU, Hannah Bonner led the BYU Mars Rover science team, published a book with maps of prehistoric Utah, studied landslide risks near the Three Gorges Dam in China and researched toxic algae blooms in Utah Lake.

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Intellect

Study: Materialism in marriage linked to devaluation of marriage

By Jayne Edwards
February 12, 2018
Researchers in BYU's School of Family Life have provided more insight into what may be one of the roots of the dissatisfaction caused by materialism – a diminished view of the importance of marriage itself. 

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Intellect

BYU-developed helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time

By Jayne Edwards
September 20, 2017
Ph.D. student Jake Merrell and his mentors have developed a smartfoam that can be placed inside a football helmet to more accurately test the impact and power of hits. The nano composite foam can help diagnose concussions.

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