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Two CU-Boulder student rocket payloads set for launch on Aug. 23
A sounding rocket launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Aug. 23 will be carrying two University of Colorado Boulder student-built payloads and a pair of other payloads developed by...
View ArticleIncrease in metal concentrations in Rocky Mountain watershed tied to warming...
Warmer air temperatures since the 1980s may explain significant increases in zinc and other metal concentrations of ecological concern in a Rocky Mountain watershed, reports a new study led by the U.S....
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CU-led mission to study past climate on Mars enters final phase before slated...
A University of Colorado Boulder-led mission to explore and understand how the loss of atmospheric gas has changed the climate of Mars over the eons has been authorized by NASA to proceed to system...
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CU mathematicians show how shallow waves may help explain tsunami power
While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beachgoers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two University of Colorado Boulder applied mathematicians has led to the...
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New CU-Boulder study clarifies diversity, distribution of cutthroat trout in...
A novel genetic study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has helped to clarify the native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado, including the past and present haunts of the...
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CU-Boulder study clarifies diversity, distribution of cutthroat trout in...
Sept. 24, 2012 Jessica MetcalfA novel genetic study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has helped to clarify the...
View ArticleBuff Essentials Week to be held Oct. 1-6
The University of Colorado Boulder will host Buff Essentials Week, an annual event held to support freshmen in acclimating to college life, Oct. 1-6.First-year students in the College of Arts and...
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Senior spends three months working on Panama Canal expansion
Senior Christina Jones decided to major in civil engineering because she likes construction projects. Little did she know when she made that decision that she would be selected as an intern to work on...
View ArticlePronunciation of ‘s’ sounds impacts perception of gender, CU-Boulder...
A person’s style of speech — not just the pitch of his or her voice — may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder...
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Deep ice cores show past Greenland warm period may be ‘road map’ for...
A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the last interglacial period may be a good...
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CU-Boulder prof to lead NASA campaign to study North American air quality
A University of Colorado Boulder professor is leading a major NASA airborne science campaign this summer that will probe weather patterns and air pollution over a vast expanse of North America that...
View ArticleCU-led MAVEN mission spacecraft arrives at Florida launch site
The spacecraft for NASA’s Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars being led by the University of Colorado Boulder has arrived in Florida in anticipation of a November launch.The...
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Rare western bumblebees appear to be making a comeback
Sept. 3, 2013 Carol Kearns and Diana OliverasA white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and...
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CU study: widespread spruce beetle outbreak in Colorado tied to drought
Oct. 10, 2013 Sarah HartAccording to a new University of Colorado Boulder study drought high in the northern Colorado...
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CU-Boulder student team wows judges at premiere biology competition
When this year’s iGEM team at the University of Colorado Boulder began meeting early this year, they wanted to take what they knew about biology, and use it to build something entirely new. iGEM, or...
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Bedtime for Toddlers: Why your toddler might not be sleeping
Dec. 18, 2013 Monique LeBourgeois (lə-bür-zhwä)According to a CU-Boulder study, choosing your toddler’s bedtime may be one of the most important decisions a parent...
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The relationship between obesity, life satisfaction and where one lives
June 11, 2014 Philip M. Pendergast A new study on obesity and people’s happiness by CU-Boulder sociology researchers suggests that...
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CU-Boulder study: Mountain pine beetles not to blame for extent of forest fires
March 23, 2015 Sarah Hart The widespread public belief that forests ravaged by the mountain pine beetle are at higher risk of fire is not true,...
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Shell-shocked: Ocean acidification likely hampers tiny shell builders in...
A University of Colorado Boulder study shows a ubiquitous type of phytoplankton -- tiny organisms that are the base of the marine food web – appears to be suffering from the effects of ocean...
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