Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica (Photo provided by British Antarctic Survey)

Thwaites Glacier: Antarctica鈥檚 wild card

Dec. 4, 2019

Nearly 100 scientists and staff from around the world, including CIRES scientist Ted Scambos, departed recently to conduct fieldwork in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas on Earth: Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.

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Unboxing videos fueling kids鈥 tantrums, breeding consumerism

Dec. 3, 2019

Seventy-eight percent of children, ages 4 to 10, watch unboxing videos online鈥攙ideos of people opening toys. The more they watch, the more likely they are to make purchase demands on parents and throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.

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Sleep, but not too much, to boost your heart health

Dec. 3, 2019

A new study is like the Goldilocks fable for sleep: 鈥淛ust right鈥 means at least six hours a night鈥攂ut not more than nine鈥攖o minimize heart attack risk.

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Better breastfeeding experiences make for a more productive office

Dec. 3, 2019

Offices that create better access to breastfeeding facilities can perform better overall, according to new research CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Leeds School of Business contributed to.

Visualization of the structure of the FACT protein

Scientists now know what DNA鈥檚 chaperone looks like

Nov. 27, 2019

Researchers have discovered the structure of the FACT protein鈥攁 mysterious protein central to the functioning of DNA.

Paul Sanchez

Asteroid named for CU 麻豆影院 researcher

Nov. 25, 2019

Paul Sanchez, a scientist in aerospace engineering, is getting an asteroid named after him. And it's actually two asteroids: His namesake is a binary system made up of two rocky bodies orbiting around each other in space.

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Vanishing ice puts reindeer herders at risk

Nov. 20, 2019

Mongolia's Tsaatan reindeer herders depend on munkh mus, or eternal ice, for their livelihoods. Now, soaring global temperatures may be threatening that existence.

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Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle

Nov. 18, 2019

Pow! These underwater animals can punch through glass and create underwater shockwaves. And we鈥檙e studying them on campus.

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Climate may have helped crumble one of the ancient world鈥檚 most powerful civilizations

Nov. 18, 2019

New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient world鈥攖he Assyrian Empire, whose heartland was based in today鈥檚 northern Iraq.

CU Law Professor Ming Chen wrote a piece for The Conversation about a backlog in U.S. citizenship applications and what that means for civil and voting rights. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Faculty expertise amplified by new membership in The Conversation

Nov. 14, 2019

CU 麻豆影院 has joined leading Association of American Universities peers by becoming a member of The Conversation, an independent, nonprofit publisher of analysis and commentary by academics, edited by journalists for the general public.

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