sleeping baby

What a baby hears while asleep matters more than previously thought

May 10, 2017

What an infant hears during sleep has an immediate and profound impact on his or her brain activity, potentially shaping language learning later in life, suggests a new Â鶹ӰԺ study of slumbering babies. The research could result in better options for babies with hearing impairment.

A passenger jet aloft

Frequent flyers beware: Radiation risk may be on the rise

May 9, 2017

A heads-up for commercial air crews and other frequent fliers: The risk of exposure to radiation particles screaming Earthward from space may increase a bit in the next few years as the activity of our sun decreases, says a CU Â鶹ӰԺ professor.

Annual Artocade art car festival in Trinidad district

CU Â鶹ӰԺ assists state's creative districts

April 28, 2017

Colorado Creative Industries, a government division that encourages economic growth through the arts, has tapped CU Â鶹ӰԺ experts to help analyze the program's impact.

a forest shrouded in fog

Long-term fate of tropical forests may not be so dire

April 28, 2017

Conventional wisdom has held that tropical forest growth will dramatically slow with increasing levels of rainfall. But CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers have turned that notion on its head with an unprecedented review of data concluding the opposite.

Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane and Professor Henry Kapteyn, both of the physics department.

Federal dollars spark aerospace, biotech, laser spin-offs

April 26, 2017

As Congress determines the funding levels for the federal science agencies for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, a new report highlights 102 spin-off companies – three from the Â鶹ӰԺ – that demonstrate how investments in basic scientific research benefit the overall economy.

artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver

Saturn spacecraft starts its grand finale

April 26, 2017

NASA's Cassini mission, carrying a $12 million CU Â鶹ӰԺ instrument, is ending, but not before the spacecraft performs several dives between Saturn and its rings from now until September, when it will run out of fuel and vaporize.

Grounds technician Pedro Vasquez uses a machine that provides hot steam to safely kill weeds

CU Â鶹ӰԺ employs steam to control weeds on campus

April 26, 2017

Both Housing & Dining Services and Facilities Management are incorporating into their weed-management practices machinery that uses saturated steam to control weeds in landscape beds and natural areas.

A tree swallow perches on a wire.

Wind, rain ruffle migratory birds' breeding patterns

April 26, 2017

Wind and precipitation play a crucial role in advancing or delaying the breeding cycles of North American tree swallows, according to the results of a new CU Â鶹ӰԺ study.

A couple arguing

When love hurts, a placebo can help

April 24, 2017

A new CU Â鶹ӰԺ-led study of 40 recently brokenhearted men and women found that a placebo disguised as an emotionally soothing medicine eased their heartbreak and quieted areas of the brain related to rejection.

A Whittier Elementary School student uses a green frame to show that she likes the sign being low enough for children to read it. Students used green and red frames to frame the things they liked and didn’t like about the HOP.

Collaboration gives children 'seat at table' in city planning

April 24, 2017

A group of second-graders has offered input on what's important to them when riding the bus—suggestions that are coming to fruition in a Â鶹ӰԺ revitalization project. The children were involved through Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ, an initiative at CU Â鶹ӰԺ's Community Engagement, Design and Research Center.

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