view of planet Earth from space

Pollution to production: Student startup transforms CO2 into aerospace hardware

March 8, 2024

Spencer Dansereau, a doctoral student in aerospace at CU Boulder, is building a business that could turn air pollution into a useable product.

3D illustration of human immunodeficiency virus

CU Boulder researchers tackle HIV-related cognitive decline

March 8, 2024

Assistant professors Kayla Sprenger and Laurel Hind are on a collaborative mission to explore solutions for mitigating cognitive decline in individuals living with HIV. This decline can be caused by both the virus itself and antiretroviral drugs.

The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon

High-energy laser weapons: How they work, what they are used for

March 7, 2024

Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones. Read from CU defense expert Iain Boyd on the Conversation.

Manufacturing equipment emitting billow of smoke.

US companies have to start talking about climate change under new SEC rule

March 7, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new climate risk disclosure rules, requiring some of the country鈥檚 biggest companies to report emissions data and other climate-related risks. Asaf Bernstein, a former adviser to the SEC, gives his take.

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Plasma donations: A financial lifesaver and an ethical dilemma

March 6, 2024

New research shows low-income households bridge cash needs and avoid payday loans by selling plasma, but there has been little study on the health effects of high-frequency donations.

Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove

Anything but a bomb, 鈥楧r. Strangelove鈥� turns 60

March 5, 2024

CU Boulder鈥檚 chair of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts shares insights on Stanley Kubrick鈥檚 masterpiece 鈥渄oomsday sex comedy鈥� and why the film is more relevant than ever.

Polar bear chasing a seal

The Arctic could become 鈥榠ce-free鈥� within a decade

March 5, 2024

While summer sea ice loss in the Arctic is inevitable, it can be reversed if the planet cools down, CU Boulder researchers say.

a lizard on a tree

8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation

March 4, 2024

These reptiles move around tree trunks to seek warmth or shade. With trees disappearing, they would have trouble controlling their body temperature, a new study shows.

political protestors march on street

Facts ignored: The truth is flexible when falsehoods support political beliefs

March 4, 2024

People support misinformation from political candidates despite knowing it鈥檚 false because it hits on a 鈥渄eeper truth,鈥� new research shows.

Donald Trump speaking at his 2017 inauguration.

Now that Trump鈥檚 on the baby直播app ballot, here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next

March 4, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled neither baby直播app nor any other state can remove Donald Trump鈥檚 name from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment and actions leading up the the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Get Professor Doug Spencer鈥檚 take.

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