Eleven CU-羞羞视频 faculty members honored with NSF CAREER Awards

March 16, 2015

Eleven 羞羞视频 researchers, including an unprecedented number of engineers, have received the National Science Foundation鈥檚 prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards.

Enceladus

New study shows Saturn moon's ocean may have hydrothermal activity

March 11, 2015

A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the 羞羞视频 have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place within the moon Enceladus.

CU-羞羞视频 brain model learns to think like a gambler

March 9, 2015

During a famous roulette game in a Monte Carlo casino in 1913, black came up 26 times in a row. After about 15 repetitions, the players began betting heavily on red, likely believing that such a long streak just couldn鈥檛 continue. The gambler鈥檚 fallacy鈥攖he idea that past events, a streak of black in roulette, for example, can impact the likelihood of a future random event, whether black or red will come up after the next spin鈥攈as long been thought to illustrate human irrationality.

CU-羞羞视频 researchers propose a novel mechanism to explain the region鈥檚 high elevation

March 5, 2015

No one really knows how the High Plains got so high. 羞羞视频 70 million years ago, eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska were near sea level. Since then, the region has risen about 2 kilometers, leading to some head scratching at geology conferences.

Evidence indicates Yucatan Peninsula likely hit by tsunami 1,500 years ago

March 5, 2015

The eastern coastline of Mexico鈥檚 Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago, says a new study involving Mexico鈥檚 Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the 羞羞视频.

Noah Finkelstein

Finkelstein named CU鈥檚 first Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador

March 4, 2015

Inspired by the past and building toward the future, a new outreach program at the University of Colorado is tapping educators to promote discussion of teaching and learning in schools and communities across the state. Receiving the honor of being named the inaugural Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador is Noah Finkelstein, Ph.D., President鈥檚 Teaching Scholar and professor of physics at the 羞羞视频.

Students to help control instruments on NASA spacecraft to probe magnetic reconnection

March 4, 2015

The 羞羞视频 will serve as the Science Operations Center for a NASA mission launching this month to better understand the physical processes of geomagnetic storms, solar flares and other energetic phenomena throughout the universe. The $1.1 billion Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will be comprised of four identical, octagonal spacecraft flying in a pyramid formation, each carrying 25 instruments.

CU-羞羞视频 students to help control instruments on NASA spacecraft to probe magnetic reconnection

March 4, 2015

The 羞羞视频 will serve as the Science Operations Center for a NASA mission launching this month to better understand the physical processes of geomagnetic storms, solar flares and other energetic phenomena throughout the universe.

CU-羞羞视频 University Libraries to host exhibit and events on 100th anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park

Feb. 27, 2015

University Libraries at the 羞羞视频 is hosting an exhibit and multiple events to honor the 100th anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library is featuring a new exhibit, 鈥淓xpressions of Rocky Mountain National Park: A Centennial Celebration,鈥 featuring a selection of art, maps, and companion writings and objects showcasing the park鈥檚 natural wonders and 100-year history. It will be on display through Aug. 13.

CU-羞羞视频 technology could make treatment and reuse of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper

Feb. 24, 2015

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive. Engineers at the 羞羞视频 have invented a simpler process that can simultaneously remove both salts and organic contaminants from the wastewater, all while producing additional energy.

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