Amrita Singh working with a vacuum chamber

Doctoral student working to keep astronauts safer on the moon

Nov. 5, 2024

Amrita Singh is studying lunar dust to answer important health and technology questions for future moon missions.

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A spinout that revolutionized protein discovery for insights into disease treatment

Nov. 4, 2024

SomaLogic is among three spinout companies founded by CU Boulder Professor Larry Gold and has significantly impacted global health care research and diagnostics.

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On election eve, new survey gauges where babyÖ±²¥app voters stand

Nov. 4, 2024

A new survey finds that babyÖ±²¥app voters may be primed to add the right to abortion into the state's constitution and could pass a ban on hunting wild cats.

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How much can we trust presidential election polling projections?

Nov. 1, 2024

CU Boulder political science Professor Jaroslav Tir’s recently published research shows how reported threats to U.S. security can skew polling results.

A hand holds a stylus above an iPad screen displaying a cartoon image of a skier on a hill. A dropdown window reads: "STATIC; DYNAMIC; LINE"

Textbooks come alive with new, interactive AI tool

Nov. 1, 2024

In an ordinary physics textbook, a skier teeters at the top of a hill. Now, with a new tool called Augmented Physics, students can make that skier move—giving them a chance to see physics in action.

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Prolonged sitting can sabotage health, even if you’re young and active

Oct. 31, 2024

Young adults sit 60-plus hours per week, boosting their heart disease risk and accelerating signs of aging, according to new research. Vigorous exercise works best to counteract it, but sitting less is ideal.

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The politics of truth: Exploring moral flexibility

Oct. 31, 2024

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Ethan Poskanzer discusses his research on how personal moral values tend to drive voters more than facts, in the season premiere of the Leeds Business Insights podcast.

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When will Singles’ Day find its place in the US?

Oct. 31, 2024

With 25% of millennials projected to never marry, independence is becoming profitable. It’s time that U.S. businesses adapt to this growing trend, according to CU Boulder Professor Peter McGraw.

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What it means when national newspapers won’t endorse a presidential candidate

Oct. 31, 2024

First Amendment expert Vicky Sama says she’s troubled by the corporate owners of newspapers deciding what’s fit for the opinion section.

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Visiting Scholar Kacper Gradon presents on disinformation

Oct. 31, 2024

Kacper Gradon knows how perilous disinformation is for democracy. The associate professor was invited by The New York Times and the Democracy & Culture Foundation to present at the Athens Democracy Forum earlier this month.

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