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A group of BYU engineers had three weeks to create completely autonomous robots. For one student, it was the last major task before receiving his degree.
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Three of BYU’s youngest and brightest faculty members have been awarded the most prestigious award handed out to young faculty in the nation. Chemical engineering professor Bradley Bundy, mathematics professor Jessica Purcell and biology professor Clinton Whipple have each received NSF CAREER awards.
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A new BYU statistical analysis provides empirical evidence that when Supreme Court Justices are writing a minority (losing) opinion, they subconsciously adopt a more assertive writing style to try to demonstrate how their argument is superior to their counterparts.
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A new spot welding method from BYU’s School of Technology may be helpful to automakers in achieving the 54.5 miles per gallon average the EPA is mandating for U.S. fleets by 2025.
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In a 20-year longitudinal study tracking health and marriage quality, BYU family life researcher Rick Miller found that as the quality of marriage holds up over the years, physical health holds up too.
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Using soil chemistry, combined with advanced remote sensing and satellite imagery, BYU researchers have pinpointed for the first time where Maya farmers in Tikal, Guatemala, carried out some of their most significant crop production.
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Thousands of pyrotechnic, flashing fireflies are making a rare appearance in Utah this summer, evidence that these bioluminescent insects may be establishing larger populations in the west, according to Brigham Young University researchers.
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BYU students built a supermileage vehicle that can drive more than 1,300 miles per gallon. They competed this month against universities across the continent to see whose car can go the farthest on the least amount of fuel.
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A recently published BYU business study finds that employees who are “true believers” in the mission of their organization are more likely to increase in status and influence than non-believers.
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