Judge Katanji Brown Jackson

5 questions: Understanding the magnitude of Biden's pick鈥擪etanji Brown Jackson

Feb. 28, 2022

Professor Suzette Malveaux explains the historic nature of President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nomination, what Ketanji Brown Jackson would add to the Supreme Court and the challenges she may face in confirmation.

Kobe Bryant memorial

What do we owe the dead? Truth, philosopher says

Feb. 28, 2022

CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Iskra Fileva has won the Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest for her 2020 essay about the dust-up surrounding Kobe Bryant鈥檚 death and life, exploring the social pressure to pretend those who have died were good people.

Artist鈥檚 rendition of the NOAA GOES satellite

Go for launch: GOES satellite includes instrument built at CU 麻豆影院

Feb. 28, 2022

The satellite carries a state-of-the-art solar monitor built at CU 麻豆影院 to protect national technology assets from space weather hazards. Read more from LASP senior scientist Frank Eparvier.

Dog in a veterinary waiting room

Wanted: Dogs with arthritis to help test a novel pain therapy

Feb. 28, 2022

In a new study, CU 麻豆影院 neuroscientist Linda Watkins and veterinary pain specialist Rob Landry are looking to the second generation of novel gene therapy as a way to help dogs with joint pain.

Dance MFA candidate Anna Pillot

Soaring heart rates: Revealing a performer鈥檚 inner world

Feb. 25, 2022

She鈥檚 a trapeze artist. He鈥檚 a computer scientist. Together, they鈥檙e hoping to redefine immersive performance.

Protesters gather in the Ukrainian city of Lviv during the Maidan protests of 2014.

ICYMI: As tensions in Ukraine increase, researcher worries for its people

Feb. 24, 2022

This week, tensions in Eastern Europe escalated as Russia launched a wide-ranging military attack against Ukraine. 鈥淲hat about the people who will have to carry the burden of a war?鈥 asks CU 麻豆影院's John O'Loughlin who has spent 30 years studying the political attitudes of everyday Ukrainians.

Forest and lake

Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams鈥攆or better and worse

Feb. 24, 2022

Forest fires can have a significant effect on the amount of water flowing in nearby rivers and streams, and the impact can continue even years after the smoke clears. Now, with the number of forest fires on the rise in the western U.S., that phenomenon is increasingly influencing the region鈥檚 water supply鈥攁nd has increased the risk for floods and landslides.

Vitro3D startup contributors

Aligning business and tech鈥攁nd teeth, too

Feb. 17, 2022

It takes a wealth of technical knowledge to create a company that uses a novel form of 3D printing to potentially revolutionize a visit to the dentist. If successful, this CU startup will have the Leeds School's collaboration with engineers to thank.

Participants engaging in vocal empowerment exercises

Theater-based vocal empowerment programs increase self-authorship, civic engagement among young Egyptian women

Feb. 16, 2022

Vocal empowerment programs can promote a positive sense of self-perception among young Egyptian women and increase their willingness to express opinions on issues affecting their communities, according to a new CU 麻豆影院 study.

Close up photo of a component of an atomic clock in the lab

New research paves the way for atomic clocks 50 times more precise

Feb. 16, 2022

Physicists have shown that two tiny atomic clocks, separated by just a millimeter or the width of a sharp pencil tip, tick at different rates鈥攁 powerful test of Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity.

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