Black Lives Matter in the windows of the buildings

Students mobilize to fight racism, demand change

July 29, 2020

A petition created by two CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø students seeks to make Black, Indigenous and other people of color feel safe, heard and valued

Mission to red planet

Emirates Mars Mission to begin journey to the red planet

July 28, 2020

This month, researchers from Â鶹¹ÙÍø and beyond will watch live as a slice of space exploration history launches from a pad on the Japanese island of Tanegashima.

Spit test

New COVID-19 test returns results in 45 minutes, without nasal swab

July 28, 2020

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø researchers have developed a rapid, portable, saliva-based COVID-19 test able to return results in 45 minutes.

Waveguide

Scientists open new window into the nanoworld

July 28, 2020

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.

Mechanics

CU physicist wins $250k award for cutting-edge research

July 27, 2020

‘This funding is designed to enable a big leap in a project that will have a big impact’ says RCSA President and CEO

Inside a plane

Can artificial intelligence help contain contagion in the sky?

July 13, 2020

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø researcher receives NSF funding to study COVID-19 spread in airplane cabins.

Pregnancy

Marijuana use while pregnant boosts risk of children’s sleep problems

July 10, 2020

Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a decade later, according to a new CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø study of nearly 12,000 youth.

Red meat

What makes arteries age? Study explores new link to gut bacteria, diet

July 10, 2020

A compound produced in the gut when we eat red meat damages our arteries and may play a key role in boosting risk of heart disease as we get older, according to new Â鶹¹ÙÍø research.

Stem cell research

How does a stem cell know what to become? Study shows RNA plays key role

July 10, 2020

Look deep inside our cells, and you’ll find that each has an identical genome –a complete set of genes that provides the instructions for our cells’ form and function.

Space solar system

The collective power of the solar system’s dark, icy bodies

July 10, 2020

The outermost reaches of our solar system are a strange place—filled with dark and icy bodies with nicknames like Sedna, Biden and The Goblin, each of which span several hundred miles across.

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