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Legos Don’t Stand a Chance Against Time Reversal

April 03, 2017 02:25 PM
A crowd of 29 stands still, positioned as lookouts in various directions. A chirp punctuates the silence before being replaced by a distinct buzz. The buzzing grows louder, then abruptly drops back into silence. Twenty-eight Lego figurines shift slightly — they survive. But one unlucky companion lies on his back, toppled by an invisible force.
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Student-created Budgeting App Will Finally Save Your Budget

March 31, 2017 12:27 PM
You’ve tried it all: spreadsheets, software, the envelope system. And despite your best efforts, it seems like every month you blow your budget.
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How Eating Less Can Slow the Aging Process

February 14, 2017 11:10 AM
There’s a multi-billion-dollar industry devoted to products that fight signs of aging, but moisturizers only go skin deep. Aging occurs deeper — at a cellular level — and scientists have found that eating less can slow this cellular process.
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Animation Students Create Quick, Easy-to-learn Video Game and Find Mainstream Success

December 02, 2016 11:43 AM
Only three days after the launch of the Vanguards video game — the BYU Center for Animation students’ senior project — 1,500 people had already downloaded and played it.
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BYU Psychologist, Physicist and Statistician Collaborate on Unique Study

November 10, 2016 12:16 PM
Sunshine matters. A lot. The idea isn’t exactly new, but according to a recent BYU study, when it comes to your mental and emotional health, the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is the weather variable that matters most.
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Searching for Alien Comets: BYU Researchers Create Guidebook to Aid in First Discovery

July 07, 2016 12:21 PM
Treasure needs a map, vehicles need a manual, and, as it turns out, interstellar discoveries need a guidebook.
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Physics Professor Makes Nanomagnetism Discovery

June 27, 2016 01:24 PM
Dr. Karine Chesnel has always been fascinated with understanding how things work, particularly the secrets of magnetism.
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3D Printing for Dummies

June 23, 2016 12:25 PM
What you sculpt is what you get.
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Email Privacy: Finding the Balance Between Secure and Usable

May 26, 2016 12:56 PM
When BYU Computer Science Professor Kent Seamons explains email security, he often uses an analogy: Sending an email is more similar to sending a postcard than a letter in a sealed envelope—as the email transaction happens, other people may gain access to the information.
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Using Nature to Nurture Robots

April 28, 2016 10:03 AM
Robots aren’t one-size-fits-every-situation. There isn’t one super machine that can complete any task or solve any problem, despite what Siri and Watson might lead you to believe. And sometimes, depending on the task, it’s much better to have a bunch of simple, inexpensive robots rather than one brilliant, expensive robot.
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Statistics MVP: Grad Student Rates College Athletes

April 27, 2016 10:17 AM
Many junior high students like to watch sports, but few use statistics to accurately predict the NBA’s most valuable player. Zachary Knowlton, who is graduating this month with a master’s degree in statistics, is the exception.
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Crash Testing Bacteria: BYU Chemists Try to Find Fatal Limit

March 25, 2016 12:58 PM
Smashing into a solid wall at 670 miles per hour doesn’t even leave a mark.
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BYU Researchers Shrink Device for Detecting Toxins in Liquids, Boost Sensitivity

March 24, 2016 11:53 AM
A team of researchers at BYU have designed a portable device capable of detecting toxic or harmful substances in water.
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BYU Mobile App Winner Makes Keeping a Journal Easier than Ever

March 24, 2016 11:38 AM
Keeping a journal is not a strength for some (OK, most) people. Micah Wilson wants to make it easy for those people to chronicle the most important parts of life.
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BYU’s Cybersecurity Team Wins Regional Competition

March 22, 2016 11:57 AM
This month the group of eight information technology students blew away their opponents at a regional Cyber Defense Competition in Denver. Their four female students also happened to account for two-thirds of the women in the entire competition.
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Statistics Prof Finds the Most Common Plays aren’t Necessarily the Most Effective for Scoring

March 12, 2016 12:02 PM
The pick and roll is one of the fundamental and most common offensive plays in basketball—just ask Karl Malone and John Stockton. But should it be?
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BYU’s First Physics Grad Wins Posthumous Grammy Award

February 09, 2016 01:22 PM
Throughout his life, Dr. Harvey Fletcher boosted BYU’s reputation through an array of impressive accomplishments. Fletcher, BYU’s first ever physics graduate, will bring recognition to his alma mater once more this spring by winning a Grammy Award.
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BYU Researchers Improve Genome Assembly, Stumble upon Signatures for Genetic Disorders

January 11, 2016 11:41 AM
Researchers at BYU have developed a new method for human genome assembly and inadvertently discovered a new way to identify elusive markers for several common genetic disorders.
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