Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine sitting down in a bus-sized capsule, strapping on a seatbelt, taking off, breaking the sound barrier, and arriving at a vacation destination hundreds of miles away in a matter of minutes, with the function of a Hyperloop travel system. The Hyperloop travel system uses the power of high-pressure and low-pressure propulsion by vacuum sealing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] The Biology Department held its annual Darwin Day celebration Feb. 10 to honor Charles Darwin and remind students of the importance of evolution. UVU, along with hundreds of universities and entities around the world, honored the “Father of Evolution” with displays in the Science Atrium, a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers developed a device for measuring gases, potentially changing how we study the digestive system. Based out of Melbourne, the RMIT University team created a pill-sized capsule designed to measure concentrations of specific gases inside the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). A study was published as a “proof-of-concept demonstration,” meaning that the goal was to show […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing Physicists from UVU have found a new way to gauge the density of individual cells using acoustic levitation. The process of using acoustic levitation includes removing a cell culture from the subject, such as a cell from a suspicious tumor. The cell is then […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Want to learn to invest? There’s an app for that. Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] The app Acorn is a simple way for college students to invest. Acorn is helped by Nobel Prize winning economist, Dr. Harry Markowitz, through recurring investments and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). A recurring investment is the portion of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] An electric unicycle, Ninebot One, distributed locally by Jive Cycle, has come to UVU. According to Shawn Hinckley, UVU student and seller of Jive Cycle, Ninebot is popular in California, New York, Europe and most of Asia. The difference between a Segway and a Ninebot One, according to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes What does it mean to have a GMO food product? Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American public were polled by the Pew Research Center on whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were safe. 88 percent of the AAAS scientists said they agreed that […]