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Getting kids to eat their veggies: USU first in the country to try innovative ‘Food Dudes’ nutrition program

(Geoffrey Fattah, Deseret News) -- Madeline Cook can't really put her finger on it, but the thought of eating broccoli makes her nose scrunch up in distaste. "I don't really like broccoli because … I really don't know," said the 8-year-old Providence Elementary School. Any parent at a dinner table is familiar with the age-long negotiation with their children to...

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USU students help hearing impaired kids in Vietnam

(Keith McCord, Deseret News) -- Four Utah State University graduate students and two professors recently spent a month in Vietnam training teachers to work with hearing-impaired children. They also took with them thousands of dollars worth of hearing aids and other equipment to help treat Vietnamese children who have hearing loss. The USU group was invited on the trip by Seattle-based...

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USU-built telescope discovers asteroid in Earth’s orbit

(John Hollenhorst, Deseret News) -- The discovery of an asteroid that's hitching a ride on Earth's orbit is drawing international attention and is a point of pride in Cache County. Images of Earth's first known "Trojan asteroid" were captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope that was designed and built for...

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USU invention powers electric motors without wires

(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- Batteries are the key challenge to developing practical electric vehicles, which have the potential to dramatically cut greenhouse emissions and U.S. dependence on oil. To store enough juice to enable a car to function the way Americans expect, batteries have to be big and expensive. Utah State University electrical...

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