Science & Technology

  • Golgi stained pyramidal neuron in the hippocampus of an epileptic patient.
    <p>Researchers at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder have discovered that a combination of pre-natal stress and an unapproved pre-term labor medication called terbutaline may create a higher risk for the co-development of autism and epilepsy based on test results involving laboratory rats.</p>
  • an American bison grazing
    <p>North American bison adjust their diet seasonally in order to take full advantage of the growing season when grasses become less nutritious, a new study led by researchers at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder has discovered.</p>
  • CubeSats students
    <p>United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced Thursday it's taking CubeSat rideshares to the next level by launching a new, innovative program offering universities the chance to compete for free CubeSat rides starting in 2017. The first free CubeSat launch is going to CU-Boulder.</p>
  • Woman talking to her young daughter
    <p class="p1"><span class="s1">A child is staring longingly at a bowl of chocolate ice cream directly in front of her. She's told to wait for 10 seconds and she won’t want it anymore. The urge for sweets will dissipate.</span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Does it work?</span></p>
  • Super Kamiokande
    <p>A team of researchers from the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder is sharing the 2016 <a href="https://breakthroughprize.org/" target="_blank">Breakthrough Prize</a> in Fundamental Physics award announced this week for the discovery that neutrinos -- shadowy subatomic particles that rarely interact with matter and zip through mountains, oceans, planets and even people -- can shape-shift.</p>
  • <p>Scientists involved in NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which is being led by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder, have identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.</p>
  • <p>A new study by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado shows that the longer people are awake during the time their biological clock is telling them to sleep the worse their sensitivity to insulin, which is a precursor to diabetes.</p>
  • <p>Awake too early when you should be asleep? Might want to try and switch things up. A new study by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado shows that the longer people are awake during the time their biological clock is telling them to sleep the worse their sensitivity to insulin, which is a precursor to diabetes.</p>
  • <p>On the heels of its most successful and well-received season to date, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival announced its 2016 season, which will run Friday, June 3 through Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Opening with Shakespeare’s farcical "The Comedy of Errors," the festival’s 10-week season also includes the regional premiere of Bill Cain’s "Equivocation," along with "Troilus and Cressida," "Cymbeline" and "Henry VI, Part 2." Season tickets are now on sale; single tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 30.</p>
  • Hummingbird
    <p><span>A collaborative effort involving six counties, the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder and the nonprofit aerospace advocacy group, UAS Colorado, has paved the way for the launch and testing of two unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the San Luis Valley. </span></p>
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