http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news en-us Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 MST maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12611 Your body’s sugar sensors in sweet taste cells aren’t just on your tongue — they’re in your gut, too, says Utah State University neurobiologist Tim Gilbertson. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12611 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12612 USU doctoral student Steena Monteiro was recently selected for Lawrence Livermore National Lab's prestigious Lawrence Scholars Program. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12612 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12614 Getting from A to B should be a straight line but a host of factors can derail the best laid itinerary in the blink of an eye. USU computer scientists are employing the power of observation, probability and computation to give transit managers a leg up on heading off ugly traffic snarls. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12614 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12613 Members of USU's biology and ecology department studied rivers in Idaho and Wyoming during summer 2010 in hopes of learning more about river ecology. Michelle Baker said the studies aim to help develop research methods that will be used with Utah rivers the summer of 2011. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=12613 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11855 College of Science undergraduate researchers ascended Salt Lake City's Capitol Hill Wednesday, Jan. 26 to share their efforts and discoveries with Utah legislators and visitors. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11855 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11856 For the second year in a row, Utah State University student researchers will experience zero-gravity flight in a “chance of a lifetime” as they conduct an innovative heat transfer experiment of their own design aboard NASA’s ‘Vomit Comet.’ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11856 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11858 News stories describing the honey bee and its decline due to the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder abound. Less has been published about its counterpart the bumble bee, but the latter’s decreasing abundance is equally dramatic according to a recent study by USU researchers and colleagues. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11858 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11859 Do you know why science is important to you? You might, and you might not. I would like to pose an introductory question – do you know who Marilyn Monroe is? I'm pretty sure you do. Okay, do you know who Theodore Maiman is? I'm pretty sure you don't; neither did I, until last year. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11859 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11860 An international research team co-directed by Utah State University biologist Morgan Ernest found that the extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago paved the way for mammals to get bigger – much bigger. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11860 maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu (Mary-Ann Muffoletto) http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11496 Nobel laureate Linus Pauling is probably best known for his advocacy of vitamin C for good health. But the quantum chemist, who died in 1994, also developed a definition for hydrogen bonds that’s been the textbook standard for more than 50 years. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 MST http://www.usu.edu/science/htm/in-the-news/articleID=11496