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Graphene, considered the most exciting new material under study in the world of nanotechnology, just got even more interesting, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.

Fourteen graduate students from the Engineering for Developing Communities program at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder traveled abroad this summer to gain field experience in community development.

A new University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in the southern half of South America.

In 1991, when Punam Chatterjee was 20 months old, a drunk driver careened into her parents' car. Her leg was shattered, as was her father's. Her mother lost an eye. Although she was too young to remember it, she has since learned that while her parents convalesced, nurses volunteered to comfort her and read to her.

Researchers at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder are helping develop the next generation of the Internet -- a more mobile version -- and the campus's Office of Information Technology is using this new technology to provide wireless service on campus buses and in some labs and classrooms.

Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air, says a new University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder study.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has named Douglas Duncan as the 2011 recipient of the Richard H. Emmons Award for excellence in college astronomy teaching.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder's newest residence hall, Williams Village North, is welcoming students this week for the first time, many of whom will be learning about the building's sustainable design through two new Residential Academic Programs, or RAPs, that are housed in the residence hall.

Chemical and biological engineering students and faculty at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder have launched several innovative technologies that are fueling ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s economy by creating jobs and drawing significant funding to the state, including a $155 million investment in Sundrop Fuels in July.

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder engineering faculty are leading a $7.2 million multidisciplinary research initiative on soil blast modeling and simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense.