POD

Professors of distinction discuss distinguished careers

Oct. 5, 2017

Newly minted professors of distinction have notable expertise in artists’ personas, natural-language technology, classic poems and climate-change education, and on Sept. 21, they offered a public overview of their work.

Mars

MAVEN observes large solar storm that sparked global aurora on Mars

Sept. 29, 2017

An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ scientists report.​

Gardening

Can gardening prevent cancer? CU study seeks to find out

Sept. 20, 2017

Ask someone who gardens what they love most about it, and the answer often is: it makes them feel better. A new trial is exploring the measurable health benefits of community gardening.

Prisoner

Behind the Bars

Sept. 20, 2017

David Pyrooz has interviewed hundreds of gang members, searching for insight into how some manage to avoid or escape what he calls "the snare" of gang life, while others succumb to it.

Cassini - Saturn

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ scientists ready for Cassini mission grand finale

Sept. 13, 2017

After a highly successful mission, the Cassini spacecraft will give up Saturn's last secrets to CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ scientists before disintegrating in the planet's dense atmosphere Sept. 15.

Pink Flowers on Ridge

Researchers to create digital archive of Rocky Mountain plants

Sept. 13, 2017

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ researchers have been awarded $2.9 million from the NSF to create a comprehensive digital archive of native plants in the southern Rocky Mountain region.

trio

Environmental-studies undergrads publish graduate-level research

Sept. 1, 2017

Some undergraduate students "absolutely are at the same level as our graduate students," professor says.

Elemental Arsenic

Trace arsenic linked with deteriorating health among American Indian elders

Aug. 25, 2017

Low levels of inorganic arsenic, thought safe, might be harming American Indian communities in the western United States.

Nambian Fairy Circle

Solving the ecological mystery of Africa’s fairy circles

Aug. 22, 2017

A team of CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ scientists is working to unlock a longstanding ecological mystery: barren patches of ground in Africa's grasslands known as fairy circles.

Caterpillar

No microbes? No problem for caterpillars

Aug. 22, 2017

Caterpillars have far less bacteria and fungi inhabiting their guts than other organisms, making them an evolutionary oddity in the animal kingdom.

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