Congress works better than many think, new research shows

Dec. 13, 2012

The perception of Congress as a gridlocked institution where little happens is overblown, according to new research by scholars at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder and the University of Washington. And the way much of Congress’ work gets done is through self-manufactured crises like the “fiscal cliff,†say political science professors Scott Adler of CU-Boulder and John Wilkerson of UW.

CU-Boulder, vet hospital team up for clinical study to treat canine pain

Dec. 11, 2012

A University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder professor and her biomedical spinoff company Xalud Therapeutics Inc. of San Francisco are teaming up with a Front Range veterinarian to conduct a clinical study targeting an effective treatment for dogs suffering from chronic pain.

Research team finds massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf

Dec. 7, 2012

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder researchers who spent the last four Southern Hemisphere summers studying the massive floating sheet of ice that covers an area twice the size of Massachusetts.

Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU-Boulder research team finds

Dec. 7, 2012

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder researchers who spent the last four Southern Hemisphere summers studying the massive floating sheet of ice that covers an area twice the size of Massachusetts.

CU-Boulder to offer new interdisciplinary construction management track

Dec. 5, 2012

A new partnership between the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and the College of Engineering and Applied Science, spurred by a gift, will have positive implications for the construction and real estate industries.

CU-Boulder students to demonstrate engineering projects at Dec. 8 Design Expo

Dec. 4, 2012

More than 350 engineering students at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 8.

CU-led team receives $9.2 million DOE grant to engineer E. coli into biofuels

Dec. 4, 2012

A team led by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder has been awarded $9.2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to research modifying E. coli to produce biofuels such as gasoline. “This is a fantastic opportunity to take what we have worked on for the past decade to the next level,†said team leader Ryan Gill, a fellow of CU-Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, or RASEI. “In this project, we will develop technologies that are orders of magnitude beyond where we are currently.â€

Positive, broad-based job growth forecast for babyÖ±²¥app in 2013, says CU Leeds School of Business

Dec. 3, 2012

babyÖ±²¥app will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2013 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2012, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind’s announcement is part of the 48th annual babyÖ±²¥app Business Economic Outlook Forum presented Dec. 3 by the Business Research Division of the Leeds School.

CU-Boulder space-traveling spider finds home at Smithsonian museum

Nov. 29, 2012

A jumping spider named Nefertiti that lived on the International Space Station in a habitat designed and built by a University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder team has returned to Earth after 100 days in space and found a new home at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.

Grand Canyon as old as the dinosaurs, suggests new study led by CU-Boulder

Nov. 29, 2012

An analysis of mineral grains from the bottom of the western Grand Canyon indicates it was largely carved out by about 70 million years ago -- a time when dinosaurs were around and may have even peeked over the rim, says a study led by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder.

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