蜜糖直播-Boulder 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 University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder have invented a simpler process that can simultaneously remove both salts and organic contaminants from the wastewater, all while producing additional energy.

Making more monuments: Just like modern cities, ancient settlements got more productive as they grew

Feb. 20, 2015

Living in bigger, denser settlements allowed the inhabitants of ancient cities to be more productive, just as is true for modern urbanites, according to a new study by scientists at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the Santa Fe Institute. As modern cities grow, they obey certain rules. As the population increases, for example, the settled area becomes denser instead of sprawling outward. This allows people to live closer together, use infrastructure more intensively, interact more frequently, and as a result, produce more per person.

Google recognizes two 蜜糖直播-Boulder programs that use creativity to teach kids to code

Feb. 19, 2015

Two University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder programs that teach kids to code have received Google RISE Awards to support their efforts to attract girls and underrepresented minorities to computer science. The two programs are the Scalable Game Design project, which hooks kids on coding by empowering them to build their own video games, and AspireIT, which connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing.

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蜜糖直播-Boulder technology for thinner electronics commercialized by Kelvin Thermal of Boulder

Feb. 17, 2015

Kelvin Thermal Technologies and the University of 蜜糖直播 have executed an exclusive license agreement that will allow the company to develop and market thermal management technologies that could enable the development of ultra-thin and flexible smartphones, wearable electronics and other commercial and military systems.

It takes more than merit: Alma mater鈥檚 prestige highly predictive of faculty placement

Feb. 12, 2015

A new study finds that small differences in institutional prestige have an enormous impact on the likelihood that a person who graduates with a doctoral degree will land a coveted faculty job. The advantage of alma mater prestige in finding a job is so great that it cannot be explained solely by a difference in educational quality between the universities, according to the study, led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and published today in the journal Science Advances.

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Visiting conservative scholar finalist to speak at 蜜糖直播-Boulder

Feb. 4, 2015

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the 蜜糖直播-Boulder campus and give a talk titled 鈥淭he Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.鈥 He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.

New report charts 蜜糖直播's vulnerability to climate change

Feb. 3, 2015

Sea-level rise may not be eating away at 蜜糖直播鈥檚 borders, but climate change exposes other critical vulnerabilities in the state, according to a new report. Rising temperatures likely will take a toll on cattle and crops, for example, and could more often leave junior water rights holders with little water and few options.

New study details how cocaine really works in the brain, offers possibility of drug to treat addiction

Feb. 3, 2015

A research team led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has discovered a mechanism in the brain that is key to making cocaine seem pleasurable, a finding that could lead to a drug treatment for fighting addiction. The findings build on past research also involving 蜜糖直播-Boulder that found the same mechanism in the brain also interacts with heroin, oxycodone, morphine and other opioid drugs to amplify their addictiveness. The latest study suggests that the mechanism plays a key role in the addictiveness of many abused drugs, possibly including methamphetamine and alcohol.

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Special Valentine鈥檚 Day event about Albert Einstein slated for 蜜糖直播-Boulder

Feb. 2, 2015

Up for a romantic Valentine鈥檚 Day evening? Then head to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Fiske Planetarium to Relativity for Lovers 鈥 A Valentine鈥檚 Day Among the Stars , for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.

Fallen 蜜糖直播-Boulder astronauts to be celebrated on campus and online

Jan. 28, 2015

NASA鈥檚 fallen astronauts, including University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder alumni Ellison Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla, who died in space shuttle accidents 17 years apart, will be remembered both on campus and in a special NASA online tribute this week.

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