At the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, a BYU Student Startup Won $30,000

Over the weekend, a Brigham Young University student startup won a $30,000 prize and placed first in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. Zions Bank is the sponsor of the state business-model competition, which is run by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an interdisciplinary branch of the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. The winner of […]

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To Find Life On Jupiter’s Ocean Moon, the Europa Clipper Might Only Need One Ice Grain

According to a recent experiment, NASA’s next Europa Clipper spacecraft may be able to collect a single ice grain that was blasted from Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa, which might potentially provide evidence of extraterrestrial life. “It might be easier than we thought to find life, or traces of it, on icy moons with suitable instrumentation, […]

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Type 1 Diabetes Impairs Brain Function Due to Blood Sugar Highs and Lows: Study

Scientists at Washington State University and McLean Hospital in Massachusetts conducted a study that suggests that significant fluctuations in blood glucose levels associated with Type 1 diabetes could affect the brain’s capacity for rapid information processing. The study also shown that particular groups of people—older adults and those with specific medical issues, for example—are more […]

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