Erratic as normal: Arctic sea ice loss expected to be bumpy in the short term

Jan. 28, 2015

Arctic sea ice extent plunged precipitously from 2001 to 2007, then barely budged between 2007 and 2013. Even in a warming world, researchers should expect such unusual periods of no change鈥攁nd rapid change鈥攁t the world鈥檚 northern reaches, according to a new paper.

蜜糖直播-Boulder-built website aims to help reunite owners with their pets after natural disasters

Jan. 27, 2015

When evacuees become separated from their pets while fleeing hurricanes, wildfires or other natural disasters, they鈥檙e often difficult to reunite. Computer scientists at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder hope to change that with a new online tool designed to leverage the work of crowds to reconnect pets with their human families.

New space telescope concept could image objects at far higher resolution than Hubble

Jan. 23, 2015

University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder researchers will update NASA officials next week on a revolutionary space telescope concept selected by the agency for study last June that could provide images up to 1,000 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope.

Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger honored by National Academy of Sciences

Jan. 22, 2015

University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Distinguished Professor W. Carl Lineberger was honored today by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his extraordinary scientific achievements.

Forecasting and explaining bad air days in Utah鈥檚 oil and gas fields

Jan. 14, 2015

To accurately forecast wintertime bad air days in Utah鈥檚 Uintah Basin, researchers must use real atmospheric measurements to estimate chemical emissions from nearby oil and natural gas fields, a new study in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics has found.

Simulated sightlessness can harm people's attitudes toward blindness

Jan. 14, 2015

Using simulation to walk in the shoes of a person who is blind -- such as wearing a blindfold while performing everyday tasks -- has negative effects on people鈥檚 perceptions of the visually impaired, according to a University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder study.

Study finds experience of pain relies on multiple brain pathways, not just one

Jan. 12, 2015

A new study led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder finds that when we use our thoughts to dull or enhance our experience of pain, the physical pain signal in the brain鈥攕ent by nerves in the area of a wound, for example, and encoded in multiple regions in the cerebrum鈥攄oes not actually change. Instead the act of using thoughts to modulate pain, a technique called 鈥渃ognitive self-regulation鈥 that is commonly used to manage chronic pain, works via a separate pathway in the brain.

Research findings have implications for regenerating damaged nerve cells

Jan. 7, 2015

Two new studies involving the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia have identified a unique molecule that not only gobbles up bad cells, but also has the ability to repair damaged nerve cells.

Six 蜜糖直播-Boulder scholars ranked among most influential in education

Jan. 7, 2015

Six members of the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder School of Education faculty were recognized in the 鈥淓du-Scholar Public Influence Rankings鈥 released today as being among the nation鈥檚 top 200 researchers whose scholarship bridges academic and public audiences.

蜜糖直播-Boulder co-leading new severe weather research group

Dec. 15, 2014

Building on years of collaboration using unmanned aircraft to fly into the storms that create the massive tornadoes that rip across the Midwest, scientists at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have formed a new research consortium.

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