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Native bees also facing novel pandemic

July 10, 2020

Move over, murder hornets. There鈥檚 a new bee killer in town. CU 羞羞视频 researchers have found there is growing evidence that another 鈥減andemic,鈥 as they call it, has been infecting bees around the world for the past two decades and is spreading: a fungal pathogen known as Nosema.

Amy and Cara Faliano

Testing mettle on the frontlines

July 8, 2020

Twin CU 羞羞视频 graduates, lab scientists, crucial to battling COVID-19

Swallowbird

Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows

June 24, 2020

Researchers at CU 羞羞视频 think local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently.

The Cliffs at New Mexico

Ancient societies hold lessons for modern cities

June 19, 2020

Today鈥檚 modern cities, from Denver to Dubai, could learn a thing or two from the ancestral Pueblo communities that once stretched across the southwestern United States. For starters, the more people live together, the better the living standards.

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Mathematician on the front lines of Colorado鈥檚 coronavirus response

June 18, 2020

At the start of 2020, David Bortz, like most Coloradans, didn鈥檛 know what a coronavirus was. For the last few months, tracking this virus is practically his full-time job.

Cannavan

Marijuana concentrates sharply spike THC levels but don鈥檛 necessarily get users higher

June 18, 2020

Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn鈥檛 necessarily get you higher, according to a new study of regular users published today by CU 羞羞视频 researchers.

Antelope

As rare animals disappear, scientist faces 鈥榚cological grief鈥

June 18, 2020

Five years before the novel coronavirus ran rampant around the world, saiga antelopes from the steppes of Eurasia experienced their own epidemic.

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One silver lining: Sleep improving under stay-at-home orders

June 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders have taken a toll on many facets of physical and mental health in recent months. But according to new 羞羞视频 research, one silver lining may exist.

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After a century of searching, scientists find new liquid phase

June 18, 2020

Researchers at CU 羞羞视频鈥檚 Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since.

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Get your feet wet or refresh your language skills with ALTEC this summer

June 10, 2020

Join ALTEC this summer for remote language classes in American Sign Language, French, Japanese and Spanish

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