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Brian Maffly

  • Science Writer, University of Utah
Salt Lake City
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Brian Maffly is a science writer at @UUtah. Contact Brian Maffly at brian.maffly@utah.edu. Tweets are my own. authory.com/brianmaffly

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Brian Maffly is a Utah journalist, covering public lands for The Salt Lake Tribune, the state's largest newspaper. Brian Maffly lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two kids.

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Utah struggles with regulating oil and gas wastewater

Utah struggles with regulating oil and gas wastewater

But the Colorado company running the 14-pond facility operated without a Utah air-quality permit for more tha…

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Great Salt Lake at near-record low level

Great Salt Lake at near-record low level

Despite the lake's ecological and economic importance to Utah, surveys indicate few residents are interested …

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BLM's secret museum of stolen artifacts

BLM's secret museum of stolen artifacts

But in the process the federal agency took on a gargantuan task - caring for and documenting more than 6,000 …

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Is Utah on the verge of oil shale bonanza?

Is Utah on the verge of oil shale bonanza?

People have squeezed oil from Western shale since the early 20th century, but it has yet to flow in commercia…

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Utah TV dumps turning into an e-waste nightmare, liability for taxpayers

Utah TV dumps turning into an e-waste nightmare, liability for taxpayers

Besides televisions, Stoddard's piles of e-waste include computer monitors, microwaves, DVD players and vacuu…

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Wearable device can continuously monitor blood pressure without the pesky cuffs

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By Brian Maffly, Lisa Lock, Robert Egan Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72693-1 Blood pressure is a key metric of cardiovascular health, but standard methods for measuring it rely on occasional readings using inflatable cuffs, usually in a clinical setting. Today's blood pressure monitors are bulky, uncomfortable and only give readings while you're sitting still.
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Wearable device can continuously monitor blood pressure without the pesky cuffs

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By Brian Maffly
| The University of Utah
Blood pressure is a key metric of cardiovascular health, but standard methods for measuring it rely on occasional readings using inflatable cuffs, usually in a clinical setting. Today’s blood pressure monitors are bulky, uncomfortable and only give readings while you’re sitting still. Benjamin Sanchez Teronnes wearing a prototype of the wearable device he developed for monitoring blood pressure.
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Deep beneath Utah, rare mantle earthquakes reshape seismic hazard questions

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By Brian Maffly, Lisa Lock, Robert Egan Verified
| Phys.org Verified
Map of the Wyoming Craton region. The yellow stars are continental mantle earthquakes (CMEs) from 1979 to 2023. The orange stars are six recently identified CMEs that occurred between 2007 and 2010. The white stars are four suspected CMEs located by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations in 2025, and the red star is the location of the 2025 Maeser earthquake. The black thick line indicates the approximate lithospheric keel boundary of the Wyoming Craton.
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