鈥淯pside-down rivers鈥� of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center. The study highlights how parts of Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheet may be weakening due to contact with warm ocean water.
NASA has selected 蜜糖直播-Boulder researcher Raina Gough to join the Mars Curiosity rover mission as a participating scientist; she hopes to expand the science team鈥檚 search for evidence of liquid water.
What are the odds of filling out a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket, picking all 63 games correctly? According to University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Professor Mark Ablowitz, former chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics, they are breathtaking: Try about one in 9.22 quintillion.
INC Classroom Outreach sends teams of 蜜糖直播-Boulder students into local schools to teach kids about the brain. They provide lessons on sleep, nutrition for the brain, emotions, head injury and general brain structure. The program is an extension of a large-scale effort to increase public awareness of brain research.
Like an albatross scanning for pods of squid in a vast ocean, molecules on solid surfaces move in an intermittent search pattern that provides maximum efficiency, according to new research from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.
A $4 million bequest from the estate of a couple committed to the standardization of telecommunications will help establish the first endowed chair in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The pioneering program is part of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and integrates law, policy, business and engineering.
University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder researchers have demonstrated the use of the world鈥檚 first ultrafast optical microscope, allowing them to probe and visualize matter at the atomic level with mind-bending speed.
Carbon-fiber composites 鈥� stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum 鈥� can easily and cost-effectively be recycled into new material just as robust as the originals, a team of researchers led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has found.
Strange as it may seem, a bird bigger than Big Bird once lived above the Arctic Circle. The flightless bird, known as Gastornis , roamed Ellesmere Island next to Greenland about 50 million years ago, even during the twilight months of winter.
The first direct evidence that humans played a substantial role in the extinction of the huge, wondrous beasts inhabiting Australia some 50,000 years ago -- in this case a 500-pound bird -- has been discovered by a University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder-led team.
