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U of U Startup Tackles Electronic Waste with Degradable Materials

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Written by: Samantha Everton, Innovation & Research Communications Contributor When single-use electronics are discarded, they often end up in U.S. landfills or are exported overseas for processing. EnduraCure, a University of Utah startup, is addressing this sustainability challenge by developing high-performance polymer substrates that can be chemically degraded to recover valuable electronic components. The company recently received […]

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January 14, 2026

Novel Treatment for Brain Cancer in Development by U of U Startup

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Written by: Samantha Everton, Innovation & Research Communications Contributor As aggressive brain and spine cancers pose serious threats to patients’ lives, researchers are hastening efforts to find effective and reliable alternative treatments to radiation and chemotherapy. University of Utah startup CaLycia Bioscience is working to engineer immune cells from a patient’s body to fight and kill cancer cells, […]

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January 14, 2026

U Research That Is Bold, Rigorous, and Meaningful

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January 15, 2026 As we begin 2026, the research landscape is being shaped by a shared and growing expectation: that discovery matters not only for what it advances within a field, but for how it connects to the world beyond it. This is a moment that calls for ambition, work that is intellectually bold, willing […]

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January 14, 2026

U of U Startup Launches New Air Quality Forecasting App

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Trace AQ, a U of U startup, has created Flow AQ, incorporating their cutting-edge, physics-based forecasting model into an accessible, easy-to-use mobile app that allows users to adapt to the impacts of changing and potentially hazardous air conditions. A Critical Issue in Salt Lake City & Beyond Every day, residents of Salt Lake City may […]

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January 13, 2026

What’s Happening Behind the Scenes at High Tech West

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As High Tech West nears, AM&E Lab teams are collaboratively refining their projects behind the scenes ahead of the competition. By Amanda Ashley, Director of Communications, Office of the Vice President for Research High Tech West is a few months away, and the AM&E Lab is already deep into preparations with nearly three dozen teams […]

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January 13, 2026