Three research collect data on a snowy Niwot Ridge.

Long-term ecological study to continue at very special site, Niwot Ridge

Feb. 22, 2017

Thanks to a six-year $6.8 million renewal grant, decades-long data collection will continue on Niwot Ridge. It is the only site of its kind on the continent comprising alpine and sub-alpine environments, and CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers sometimes brave harsh weather conditions to get there.

A baby breastfeeding

Mother's milk changes with the seasons, influencing baby's well-being

Feb. 16, 2017

A new study has found that seasonally-influenced changes in diet and environmental stressors change the amount and kinds of sugars in a mother's breastmilk. This, in turn, impacts her baby's gut microbiota, growth rate and ability to fend off illness.

Ben Lewis, Stefanie Countryman and Shelby Bottoms

Students play key biomedical research role – in space

Feb. 15, 2017

Students and faculty at BioServe Space Technologies in aerospace engineering built two biomedical payloads that will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Feb. 18 to the International Space Station.

a bank of supercomputing equipment

Engineers, computer scientists team up to improve particle simulations for aerospace, more

Feb. 15, 2017

A $3 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) will allow Â鶹ӰԺ researchers to simulate particle behavior to a greater degree than ever before.

researchers using an MRI scanner

MRI modeling shows how pain is all in the brain

Feb. 14, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers have developed a functional MRI-based model that identifies brain activity patterns involved in varied pain experiences.

Grace Burns

College of Music marks 100th anniversary with $50 million music+ campaign

Feb. 13, 2017

No one knows better than Grace Burns just what a difference a vision and a financial boost can mean to a young musician. Burns was one of 14 students to perform at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in November. In support of opportunities like this, and in celebration of its 100th birthday, the college is embarking on its first major fundraising campaign called music+.

Past participants in the BUENO master's program get their degrees

$5 million in grants make master's degrees possible for 90 teachers of diverse learners

Feb. 9, 2017

Two U.S. Department of Education grants will enable CU Â鶹ӰԺ's BUENO Center to offer 90 Colorado teachers free or sharply discounted master's degrees with an emphasis on teaching English learners and students with disabilities.

CU boulder researchers demonstrating their newly engineered material

Newly engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption

Feb. 9, 2017

A team of CU Â鶹ӰԺ engineers has developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial with the ability to cool objects under direct sunlight with zero energy and water consumption.

Professor Alan Weimer, CU Â鶹ӰԺ alum Karen Buechler, CU Â鶹ӰԺ alum Mike Masterson and ProfessorÌýSteve George at ALD NanoSolutions in Broomfield, Colorado.

Spinoff company is all in the CU Â鶹ӰԺ family

Feb. 7, 2017

With "high-end ethics" a tenet of how they operate, a team of researchers and alumni have put their skill sets together to turn a nano idea — an imperceptibly thin coating that can improve surfaces such as plastics — into a successful technology.

a workbench in a chemistry lab

The possibilities and limits of using data to predict scientific discoveries

Feb. 3, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researcher Aaron Clauset examines the possibilities and limits of using massive data sets of scientific papers and information on scientific careers to study the social processes that underlie discoveries.

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