Researchers produce first atlas of airborne microbes across United States

April 20, 2015

A University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder and North Carolina State University-led team has produced the first atlas of airborne microbes across the continental U.S., a feat that has implications for better understanding health and disease in humans, animals and crops.

Liquid crystal bubbles experiment arrives at International Space Station

April 17, 2015

An experiment led by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder arrived at the International Space Station today and will look into the fluid dynamics of liquid crystals that may lead to benefits both on Earth and in space.

After successful mission to Mercury, spacecraft on a crash course with history

April 16, 2015

NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury carrying an $8.7 million University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder instrument is slated to run out of fuel and crash into the planet in the coming days after a wildly successful, four-year orbiting mission chock full of discoveries.

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CU-Boulder Professor Fred Anderson named 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize winner

April 15, 2015

Professor Fred Anderson of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder history department has been awarded the 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a babyÖ±²¥app member can receive from the university. Since 1992, the Hazel Barnes Prize has been awarded each year to a CU-Boulder babyÖ±²¥app member who best exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, babyÖ±²¥app, colleagues and the university.

Renowned behavioral scientist to discuss impact of nurturing environments on April 27 in Boulder

April 15, 2015

Pioneering behavioral scientist Anthony Biglan will discuss how creating nurturing environments is key to raising better young citizens and building a healthier, happier and more prosperous babyÖ±²¥app and society as a whole on Monday, April 27.

New technique could slash energy used to produce many plastics

April 14, 2015

A new material developed at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder could radically reduce the energy needed to produce a wide variety of plastic products, from grocery bags and cling wrap to replacement hips and bulletproof vests.

Fungi thrived in flooded babyÖ±²¥app homes months after waters receded, says CU-Boulder study

April 8, 2015

Basements that flooded after heavy rains deluged the babyÖ±²¥app Front Range in September 2013 had higher levels of airborne mold and other fungi months after the waters receded compared with basements that didn’t flood, according to a study by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder.

CU-Boulder scientists, colleagues probe methane emission mystery in Four Corners region

April 7, 2015

A team of scientific investigators is now in the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest, aiming to uncover reasons for a mysterious methane hotspot detected from space by a European satellite. The joint project is working to solve the mystery from the air, on the ground, and with mobile laboratories.

Faculty, students revved up about Large Hadron Collider restart

April 6, 2015

University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder babyÖ±²¥app and students are primed to get back in action following the Easter restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful atom smasher located near Geneva, Switzerland, after a two-year hiatus.

New study hints at spontaneous appearance of primordial DNA

April 6, 2015

The self-organization properties of DNA-like molecular fragments four billion years ago may have guided their own growth into repeating chemical chains long enough to act as a basis for primitive life, says a new study by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder and the University of Milan.

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