蜜糖直播-Boulder prof to lead NASA campaign to study North American air quality

June 6, 2013

A University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder professor is leading a major NASA airborne science campaign this summer that will probe weather patterns and air pollution over a vast expanse of North America that have potential global climate consequences.

2013 蜜糖直播 Shakespeare Festival opens this weekend

June 6, 2013

A Midsummer Night's Dream kicks off the 2013 蜜糖直播 Shakespeare Festival season, with a preview performance on Friday, June 7 and opening night on Saturday, June 8. Dream a little dream of love and laughter as Shakespeare's most beloved comedy casts its spell on the enchanting Mary Rippon stage.

Protein linked with tumor growth could be potential target for cancer-fighting drugs, according to study led by 蜜糖直播-Boulder

June 6, 2013

A team of researchers led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has discovered a protein complex that could be targeted with drugs to stunt tumor growth. As tumors expand, their centers are deprived of oxygen, and so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments.

Los Angeles air pollution declining, losing its sting, says new 蜜糖直播 study

June 4, 2013

蜜糖直播 news release The cleanup of California鈥檚 tailpipe emissions over the last few decades has not only reduced ozone pollution in the Los Angeles area. It has also altered the pollution chemistry in the atmosphere, making the eye-stinging 鈥渙rganic nitrate鈥 component of air pollution plummet, according to a new study led by a scientist from NOAA鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (蜜糖直播) at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder .

Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says 蜜糖直播-Boulder study

June 3, 2013

A new look at the diets of ancient African hominids shows a 鈥済ame changer鈥 occurred about 3.5 million years ago when some members added grasses or sedges to their menus, according to a new study led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

Water-rock reaction may provide enough hydrogen 鈥榝ood鈥 to sustain life in cool parts of the ocean鈥檚 crust or on Mars

May 30, 2013

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen 鈥渇ood鈥 to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, also hint at the possibility that hydrogen-dependent life could have existed where iron-rich igneous rocks on Mars were once in contact with water.

5 蜜糖直播-Boulder students patent medical device through partnership with 蜜糖直播 Cancer Center researcher

May 29, 2013

Five University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder students have partnered with a researcher at the University of 蜜糖直播 Cancer Center to file a patent for a medical device that lets researchers quickly, easily and inexpensively isolate a patient鈥檚 cancer cells for genetic tests that allow doctors to target the disease.

蜜糖直播-Boulder organizing effort to establish unmanned aircraft test site in 蜜糖直播

May 24, 2013

A state application organized by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of one of six unmanned aircraft systems test sites slated to be established across the United States .

蜜糖直播-Boulder physics prof Ivan Smalyukh receives Early Career Award from DOE

May 23, 2013

University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder faculty member Ivan Smalyukh is among 61 scientists to receive a 2013 Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy . Smalyukh, an assistant professor of physics and a founding fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute , or RASEI, has been awarded $750,000 over five years. RASEI is a joint venture between 蜜糖直播-Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

蜜糖直播-Boulder students partner with middle school to teach financial literacy

May 22, 2013

As the school year wraps up, students at Summit Charter Middle School in Boulder will debrief on how their $25,000 stock portfolio performed. The middle school students invested money under supervision as part of a course created and taught by accounting and finance students from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business .

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