Smaller cities vie to be the next Silicon Valley
A tiny light bulb hooked up to a computer lights up, and Antonio Rojas-Rodriguez smiles.
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Worsening US droughts demand alternative water protection approaches, study suggests
Alternative models of watershed protection that balance recreational use and land conservation must no longer be ignored to preserve water supplies against the effects of climate change, argues a new study. Researchers claim ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2015
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Virtual currency groups form alliance with law enforcement
The Obama administration is joining with private companies in a partnership aimed at training enforcement officials about the virtual currency Bitcoin and fighting crime arising from its use.
Internet
Oct 22, 2015
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Officials in Utah defend NSA's role fighting cyber-attacks
The National Security Agency's massive data center in Utah isn't being used to store Americans' personal phone calls or social media activity, but plays a key role in protecting the country from cyber-attacks by hostile foreign ...
Security
Oct 13, 2015
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Study ranks US cities based on the urban heat island effect on temperatures
Inner cities as well as suburbs show distinctly warmer temperatures—known as the urban heat island effect—than rural areas as a result of land use and human activities, which can affect rainfall, air quality and public ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2015
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TES satellite instrument gives new insight into water cycle
Research using NASA satellite measurements has given scientists a better understanding of what happens to rain and snow that falls on land—how much runs off into rivers, lakes and aquifers; how much plants use; and how ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2015
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Rolling in the deep: Mantle flow stress best indicator of US intermountain seismicity
Much of what we understand about earthquakes is based on plate tectonics. But for residents of Utah's seismically restless Wasatch Front, a 120-mile-long metropolitan region anchored by Salt Lake City and bounded by the steep ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2015
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Many options, no single solution to nation's traffic snarls
The problem is clear: Traffic congestion will become significantly worse and more widespread without big changes in how people and products get around.
Other
Jun 27, 2015
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Utah school creates 'texting lane' for phone-focused walkers
One Utah university is giving students glued to their cellphones a place to call their own: a designated lane for texting while walking.
Other
Jun 18, 2015
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Plan to bury uranium in Utah scrutinized as decision nears
In a barren landscape of scrub just off a major Utah highway, a 10-foot-deep pit the size of about 75 football fields could soon house a kind of nuclear waste that grows more radioactive for 2 million years.
Energy & Green Tech
May 11, 2015
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