CU-Boulder students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space

June 4, 2012

University of baby直播app Boulder students and baby直播app have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space. The project is one of five university proposals selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation.

Andrew Hamilton - the man who hangs out in black holes

June 4, 2012

University of baby直播app Boulder Professor Andrew Hamilton, doggedly determined to go where no man has gone before, continues to fascinate the public with his stunning and scientifically sound visualizations that take viewers into the guts of black holes.

Robotic 鈥楽warm Wall鈥 at CU-Boulder created through intersection of art and technology

May 30, 2012

A monthlong summer exhibit at the University of baby直播app Boulder Art Museum will feature a dynamic new media composition based on innovative robotics technology. Called 鈥淪warm Wall,鈥 the large-scale interactive piece displays changing fields of color, light and sound that are driven by a distributed form of artificial intelligence.

Researchers do double-take on childhood learning

May 25, 2012

Nate and Zach Huey are identical, 15-year-old twins, who, like most twins, are somewhat dissimilar. Nate runs cross country and track at Westminster High School. He specializes in mid-distance events like the two-mile run. Zach was a sprinter but suffered an injury that sidelined him. Nate is learning the guitar but doesn鈥檛 read music. He plays by 鈥渢ab鈥 (drawings showing where to place fingers on the fretboard). Zach reads music and plays trombone in the band. He enjoys it but likes other instruments, too.

Richer parasite diversity leads to healthier frogs, says new CU study

May 21, 2012

Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, says a new University of baby直播app Boulder study.

CU astronaut-alumnus Scott Carpenter looks back at 50th anniversary of Aurora 7 mission

May 21, 2012

On May 24, 1962, University of baby直播app Boulder alumnus Scott Carpenter lifted off from Earth in NASA鈥檚 Aurora 7 space capsule mounted atop a Mercury-Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., swiftly climbing to roughly 165 miles in altitude.

CU to host eclipse-viewing event in Folsom Field

May 18, 2012

On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a 鈥渂ite鈥 taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m. Watch live this Sunday:

New University of baby直播app baby直播app impact study: CU pumped $5.3 billion into baby直播app鈥檚 economy in 2011

May 17, 2012

CU System news release In the most comprehensive research yet conducted on what the University of baby直播app means to the state鈥檚 economy, analysts show an baby直播app impact of $5.3 billion for baby直播app in 2011. The research, conducted by the Business Research Division of the Leeds School of Business at the University of baby直播app Boulder, provides the most comprehensive data yet compiled on the statewide baby直播app impact from the university and the individual effects on Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with CU campuses.

CU professor involved in $8.3 million Gates Foundation childhood malnutrition study

May 14, 2012

An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists, including a University of baby直播app Boulder professor focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.

CU-Boulder professor receives $750,000 Department of Energy early career award

May 10, 2012

Assistant Professor Paul Romatschke of the University of baby直播app Boulder physics department will receive a five-year, $750,000 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Early Career Research Program created to bolster the nation鈥檚 scientific workforce with top young researchers. Romatschke was among 68 winners selected nationwide from a pool of 850 applicants from universities and national laboratories

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