Members of the CU 鶹 flight crew working on a RAAVEN drone in 2019 during a mission with a tornado in the distance.

Designing flying artificial intelligence systems to study supercell thunderstorms up close

Dec. 13, 2021

A team of CU 鶹 scientists and engineers have landed a major grant to design next-generation uncrewed aircraft systems to fly into the heart of supercell thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes.

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Professors’ free speech rights can clash with public universities’ interest in managing employees

Dec. 10, 2021

When the University of Florida barred three professors from testifying in a lawsuit over voting restrictions, it raised important questions of academic freedom and free speech. Colorado Law Professor Helen Norton shares on The Conversation.

Illustration of a mutating virus variant

How is this variant different? 10 omicron questions answered

Dec. 10, 2021

Two CU 鶹 scientists discuss what’s different about omicron, why people are watching it closely and what can be done to prevent more variants of concern from emerging.

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‘West Side Story’ may be timeless, but life in gangs today differs drastically

Dec. 10, 2021

Gangs have changed in the decades since “West Side Story” first came out––they are deadlier, and their demographics are different––as are the means law enforcement use to control them. Sociology professor David Pyrooz and colleagues share on The Conversation.

Gravity waves imprinted on atmospheric airglow

NASA to fund LASP’s new OWLS instrument

Dec. 10, 2021

A new instrument to be built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will help answer fundamental questions about gravity waves and improve the forecasting of satellite trajectories.

Christy Hynes, vice president of global metal supply chain at Ball, answers a question during the Business Economic Outlook Forum

Supply chains, labor pains dominate discussion at business outlook event

Dec. 10, 2021

Experts in the Leeds School's Business Research Division are forecasting a growth year in 2022 but noted significant headwinds and uncertainties, including tangled supply chains, difficulty hiring and the potential for new COVID-19 variants.

Artist's depiction of the star EK Draconis ejecting a coronal mass ejection as two planets orbit

A young sun-like star may hold warnings for life on Earth

Dec. 9, 2021

On April 2020, astronomers observed a gigantic burst of energy and charged particles erupting from the surface of a far away star called EK Draconis. The findings suggest that similar events could, theoretically, occur on our own sun––albeit rarely.

Rabbi Diana Villa with colleagues at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Women, beyond the ordained, lead religious groups in many ways

Dec. 8, 2021

Women are trying to make religious communities more inclusive, and women’s ordination is only one piece of this ongoing work. Deborah Whitehead, scholar of gender and U.S. religious history, shares on The Conversation.

Artist’s representation of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in Earth’s orbit. Credit: NASA

Students, staff ready to operate NASA’s new IXPE mission to study black holes

Dec. 7, 2021

Years of preparation will culminate this week when LASP students and staff assume control of the nearly $200 million IXPE mission just after it lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A glass block marks Saturn's spot in the solar system, along with its moons Tethys, Rhea and Dione.

Hear planets sing as you ‘walk’ through space in new solar system model

Dec. 7, 2021

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an interactive smartphone app.

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