Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent ever recorded

Aug. 27, 2012

The blanket of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted to its lowest extent ever recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center.

蜜糖直播-Boulder 鈥榩hoto origami鈥� proposal wins $2 million NSF grant

Aug. 27, 2012

The art of origami has inspired children and artists all over the world because of the amazing objects that can be created by folding a simple piece of paper. Now an engineering research team at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has won a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a light-controlled approach for 鈥渟elf-assembly鈥� mechanisms in advanced devices based on the same principles.

蜜糖直播 business students to get head start at 鈥楥oLab鈥� orientation Aug. 25

Aug. 22, 2012

The Leeds School of Business at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder is trying out a whole new way of introducing its freshmen to college. First-year Leeds students will plunge into an intensive full-day program of action learning called 鈥淐oLab: Essentials of Collaboration and Innovation鈥� on Aug. 25. CoLab is designed to orient the Class of 2016 to what it takes to be a successful business school student, as well as what it means to be a successful business leader.

蜜糖直播 study points to a Romney win

Aug. 22, 2012

A University of 蜜糖直播 analysis of state-by-state factors leading to the Electoral College selection of every U.S. president since 1980 forecasts that the 2012 winner will be Mitt Romney.

Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of 蜜糖直播 study says

Aug. 22, 2012

To see the most up-to-date analysis, announced in an Oct. 4 news release, click here . A University of 蜜糖直播 analysis of state-by-state factors leading to the Electoral College selection of every U.S. president since 1980 forecasts that the 2012 winner will be Mitt Romney.

Two 蜜糖直播-Boulder student rocket payloads set for launch on Aug. 23

Aug. 21, 2012

A sounding rocket launching from NASA鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Aug. 23 will be carrying two University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder student-built payloads and a pair of other payloads developed by students from Virginia Tech, Baylor University and the University of Puerto Rico.

蜜糖直播-Boulder researchers gear up for NASA radiation belt space mission

Aug. 20, 2012

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder will play a key role in a NASA mission launching this week to study how space weather affects Earth鈥檚 two giant radiation belts known to be hazardous to satellites, astronauts and electronics systems on Earth.

蜜糖直播-Boulder team wins nearly $780,000 鈥楻einvent the Toilet鈥� grant from Gates Foundation

Aug. 14, 2012

An interdisciplinary team of student and faculty engineers from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has won a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its proposal to develop a solar-biochar toilet for use in developing countries throughout the world. The grant is part of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, or RTTC, initiated by the Gates Foundation to address a sanitation challenge affecting nearly 40 percent of the world鈥檚 population.

New study involving 蜜糖直播-Boulder shows heroin, morphine addiction can be blocked

Aug. 14, 2012

University of Adelaide news release In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team has discovered the key mechanism in the body鈥檚 immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. Laboratory studies involving rats have shown that the drug (+)-naloxone will selectively block the immune-addiction response.

蜜糖直播-Boulder research attracts $380.7 million in sponsored funding

Aug. 9, 2012

蜜糖直播 System news release DENVER 鈥� Work by University of 蜜糖直播 faculty garnered $815.3 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2011-12, a rise of nearly $22 million over the previous fiscal year. The preliminary figures indicate one of the highest research totals in 蜜糖直播 history; the only higher total came in fiscal year 2009-10, when one-time federal stimulus dollars contributed to a final tally of $884.1 million. Last year鈥檚 total was $793.5 million.

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