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On election eve, new survey gauges where Colorado voters stand

Nov. 4, 2024

A new survey finds that Colorado voters may be primed to add the right to abortion into the state's constitution and could pass a ban on hunting wild cats.

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Textbooks come alive with new, interactive AI tool

Nov. 1, 2024

In an ordinary physics textbook, a skier teeters at the top of a hill. Now, with a new tool called Augmented Physics, students can make that skier move鈥攇iving them a chance to see physics in action.

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How you can help Colorado鈥檚 bees from the comfort of your home

Oct. 28, 2024

A new community science project aims to help the CU Museum of Natural History digitize its collection of bees, some of which were collected in Colorado as far back as the 1870s.

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Spinout LongPath Technologies to expand methane detection with $162M DOE loan

Oct. 25, 2024

At an event on campus, engineers showed off a laser-based technology that can take a whiff of the air around oil and gas operations, then spot leaking greenhouse gasses in real time.

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Paleontologists discover Colorado 鈥榮wamp dweller鈥 that lived alongside dinosaurs

Oct. 23, 2024

The new mammal lived in Colorado 70 to 75 million years ago鈥攁 time when a vast inland sea covered large portions of the state, and animals like sharks, turtles and giant crocodiles abounded.

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What is Colorado鈥檚 鈥榮chool choice鈥 Amendment 80 all about? Legal expert weighs in

Oct. 16, 2024

Amendment 80, which Colorado voters will decide on this election, could lead to a flurry of new lawsuits across the state, says legal scholar Kevin Welner.

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Lightning strikes kick off a game of electron pinball in space

Oct. 10, 2024

When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study鈥攁n electron "rain" that could threaten satellites, and even humans, in orbit.

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New quantum timekeeper packs several clocks into one

Oct. 9, 2024

Quantum physicists at CU 麻豆影院 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are paving the way for new kinds of optical atomic clocks, devices that track the passage of time by measuring the natural 鈥渢icking鈥 of atoms.

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Europa here we come: Colorado space instrument headed to Jupiter鈥檚 moon

Sept. 27, 2024

In just a few weeks, NASA鈥檚 Europa Clipper spacecraft will begin its long journey through space, traveling nearly 1.8 billion miles over the span of six years. On board will be the SUrface Dust Analyzer, a gold-plated, bucket-shaped instrument designed and built by a team from Colorado.

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How to talk with people you don鈥檛 agree with this election year

Sept. 26, 2024

If you have a relative or neighbor you disagree with about politics, you may not be able to change their mind, says CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Matthew Koschmann. But you can still have a civil conversation and maybe even understand each other a little better.

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