A Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-built instrument that will provide unprecedented imaging of Earth’s upper atmosphere has been installed on a commercial satellite that will carry it into geostationary orbit some 22,000 miles above the Earth.
CU Contemporary Dance Works has strengthened its outreach efforts by establishing residencies and developing long-term plans for partnership in communities underserved by the arts.
A new study shows for the first time that some human cells with DNA damage are passed to offspring cells without repairing them, essentially kicking the can down the road. The study has implications for both cancer and aging.
A new study co-authored by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researchers has found diesel trucks, buses and cars emit 4.6-million tons more harmful nitrogen-oxide than standards permit. Higher standards and improved emissions tests could save lives, the authors say.
What an infant hears during sleep has an immediate and profound impact on his or her brain activity, potentially shaping language learning later in life, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study of slumbering babies. The research could result in better options for babies with hearing impairment.
A heads-up for commercial air crews and other frequent fliers: The risk of exposure to radiation particles screaming Earthward from space may increase a bit in the next few years as the activity of our sun decreases, says a Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê professor.
Colorado Creative Industries, a government division that encourages economic growth through the arts, has tapped Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê experts to help analyze the program's impact.
Conventional wisdom has held that tropical forest growth will dramatically slow with increasing levels of rainfall. But Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researchers have turned that notion on its head with an unprecedented review of data concluding the opposite.
As Congress determines the funding levels for the federal science agencies for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, a new report highlights 102 spin-off companies – three from the University of Colorado Boulder – that demonstrate how investments in basic scientific research benefit the overall economy.
NASA's Cassini mission, carrying a $12 million Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê instrument, is ending, but not before the spacecraft performs several dives between Saturn and its rings from now until September, when it will run out of fuel and vaporize.