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New research may cause parents to think twice before letting their kids drink energy drinks or grande lattes. A Â鶹ӰԺ study suggests that consumption of caffeine puts adolescents at risk of suffering anxiety-related jitters long after they stop ingesting it.

March 23, 2016 Ryan Bachtell Anyone who drinks coffee has most likely felt the jitters from too much caffeine but now a new CU-Â鶹ӰԺ study suggests consumption of highly-caffeinated drinks by adolescents puts them at risk for more than just the jitters. The study, using rats, indicates that teenagers or children who consume caffeine could have tendencies toward anxiety-disorders later in life because the caffeine is interfering with the development of the adolescent brain, says Ryan Bachtell, a professor of psychology and neuroscience.

While many students are enjoying some downtime over spring break, 21 undergraduate researchers at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ are building robots, creating data visualization tools and advancing X-ray technology. The students are doing this as part of Spring Break for Research , an initiative, now in its second year, that pairs high achieving undergraduate students with graduate student mentors for a week of hands-on research.

Large, severe fires in the West followed by increasing drought conditions as the planet warms are leading to lower tree densities and increased patchiness in high-elevation forests, according to a new study. The researchers found that the rate of post-fire tree seedling establishment decreased substantially with greater post-fire drought severity.

A CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student team is shooting for the moon and beyond with a tiny satellite under development that has just taken another step closer to launch. As one of the top five teams selected by NASA, the team of 10 graduate students will continue developing a small CubeSat satellite about the size of a shoebox called the CU Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) with a $30,000 award from NASA.

You know you read that section of your book, but… you just can’t recall what it said. Sound familiar? Memory is a tricky thing, and when we’re stressed or sleepy it’s the first thing to take a hit. So, how do we hack our memories? A recent study found that repeatedly reviewing a concept—literally repeating it out loud in our own words—caused the memory pathways in our brain get stronger. Try it out and read more in this month’s issue of Student Health 101 online magazine.

The chancellors and provosts of the University of Colorado invite faculty and staff to submit proposals for the development of a new, fully online undergraduate degree program to launch in fall 2018. Proposals will be accepted from now through July 15. The grant program provides funds to plan and develop a comprehensive, intercampus, online undergraduate degree that improves student access to the University of Colorado’s educational opportunities.

Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the morning of St. Patrick's Day for a discussion on campus social climate with Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, joined by CUSG executives Joseph Soto and John Lurquin.

Students at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, who built a dust counter for the New Horizons mission to Pluto, have been eyeing the data for decade now. And the results are showing the solar system really is pretty barren if you put aside the planets, rings, moons, comets and asteroids.

For some Paralympic sprinters, having the inside track is not always a good thing. A new CU-Â鶹ӰԺ study shows lower left-leg amputee athletes sprinting in the inside lane of an indoor track ran about 4 percent slower than athletes with right-leg amputations.