University of Utah

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

January 15, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood is photographed at his home Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Alameda, Calif.

Tech Founder Pledges to Give Away Half His Wealth to Make the American Dream More Possible

January 17, 2025

Surgeons Complete World’s First Robotic-Assisted Implantation of an Artificial Heart Pump

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Reflective Clothing Might Make it Harder for Cars to Not Hit Pedestrians

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Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

January 15, 2025

University of Utah materials science and engineering associate professor Mike Scarpulla stands next to a solar panel made of the compound cadmium telluride. Along with Kirstin Alberi of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, he developed a theory that adding light during the manufacturing of semiconductors can reduce defects in the materials, leading to more efficient solar cells and better LEDs.

Let There Be Light

Utah engineer discovers light can stamp out defects in semiconductors for better solar panel and LED bulb production.

June 17, 2016

University of Utah materials science and engineering professor Ling Zang holds up a prototype handheld detector his company is producing that can sense explosive materials and toxic gases. His research team developed a new material for the detector that can sense alkane fuel, a key ingredient in such combustibles as gasoline, airplane fuel and homemade bombs.

A Nose for Danger

An oven-sized instrument can be replaced with a portable scanner to detect bomb materials or fuel and gas leaks.

March 28, 2016