(Photo by Kiffer Creveling) Last Saturday, there was only one place to see mini explosions and liquid nitrogen ice cream: the U’s second annual Chemistry Festival, hosted by the student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Held outside of the Skaggs Biology Building, the event had tables of student-run demonstrations for young students and […]
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Read MoreResearchers at the University of Utah Department of Chemistry, in partnership with Curza, a Provo-based pharmaceutical development company, have developed a new antibiotic designed to fight the rising concern of superbugs, or antibiotic-resistant bacteria. See the coverage by KUTV and KSL below.
Read MoreResearch Spotlight: Professor Janis Louie Professor Janis Louie creates new catalysts based on earth abundant metals such as iron and nickel for use in synthetic chemistry. Professor Janis Louie always knew that research was for her, before she knew what a career in research even meant. “I had some idealistic notion that research and development […]
Read MoreUtah Scientists Create Enzymatic Biofuel Cell that Can Run without High Heat USTAR Professor Shelley Minteer Photo Credit: Dan Hixson, University of Utah College of Engineering University of Utah scientists developed the first room-temperature fuel cell that uses enzymes to help jet fuel produce electricity without needing to ignite the fuel. These new fuel cells […]
Read MoreA technology feature article in the latest issue of Nature mentioned University of Utah spin-off company Curza Global. Professor Ryan Looper is the Director of Chemistry for the company. “Curza, founded last year in Salt Lake City, Utah, is developing coatings that prevent biofilms from forming on hip and knee implants. Its research involves chemical […]
Read MoreAn example of the kind of devices the Electronics Lab maintains Willow Toso, newest staff member of the Electronics Lab Dale Heisler, Director of the Electronics Lab Willow Toso of the Electronics Lab, Department of Chemistry, points to a device containing vacuum tubes. ”We keep older equipment in service because replacement can be costly.” Although […]
Read MoreAnswer: Chemistry, music, and golden retrievers. Question: What are some of Gary Keck’s passions? Professor Gary Keck with musician Merle Haggard, after whom Keck has named several compounds We didn’t get to golden retrievers, but music – especially country music, and especially that of Merle Haggard – surfaced a few times in my chat with […]
Read MoreDr. Natalia Tretyakova, University of Minnesota, speaks at the symposium Department and Waters Corporation Host Symposium on Biological Mass Spectrometry On September 20, the Department of Chemistry hosted a symposium on Innovations in Biological Mass Spectrometry and dedicated the new Waters Advanced Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. The new Waters Xevo G2-S QTof instrument from Waters Corporation […]
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