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Feminine women deemed less likely to be scientists, CU 鶹 study finds

April 7, 2016

Female scientists who have “feminine” traits such as longer hair and finer facial features are generally assumed to be non-scientists, a 鶹 study has found.

Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new 鶹 study.  While programs involving monetary incentives to encourage healthy behavior have become more popular in recent years, the evidence has been mixed as to how they can be most effective and how participants fare once the incentives stop, said CU-鶹 doctoral student Casey Gardiner, who led the new study.

Monetary incentives for healthy behavior can pay off, says CU study

April 1, 2016

Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new 鶹 study. While programs involving monetary incentives to encourage healthy behavior have become more popular in recent years, the evidence has been mixed as to how they can be most effective and how participants fare once the incentives stop, said CU-鶹 doctoral student Casey Gardiner, who led the new study.

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CU-鶹 researchers examine compassionate behavior’s ‘active ingredients’

March 29, 2016

Researchers at the 鶹 have developed a quantitative framework for predicting compassionate behavior, a significant step forward in the quest to identify the key psychological processes underlying human compassion.

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Atmospheric nitrogen leads to loss of plant diversity in sites across U.S., CU-鶹 study finds

March 28, 2016

Rising levels of atmospheric nitrogen pollution threaten plant diversity at nearly one-quarter of sites across a widespread portion of the U.S., according a new study led by 鶹 researchers.

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Adolescent caffeine use may heighten anxiety risk, CU-鶹 study finds

March 23, 2016

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

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Undergrads hit labs this spring break

March 22, 2016

While many students are enjoying some downtime over spring break, 21 undergraduate researchers at CU-鶹 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.

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Aerospace engineering students shoot for the moon and past it

March 21, 2016

A CU-鶹 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.

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More surprises in store for the New Horizons spacecraft?

March 17, 2016

Students at CU-鶹, 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.

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Paralympic sprinters beware: Track curves can be tricky

March 16, 2016

For some Paralympic sprinters, having the inside track is not always a good thing. A new CU-鶹 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.

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Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves

March 14, 2016

“Upside-down rivers” of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at the 鶹’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The study highlights how parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet may be weakening due to contact with warm ocean water.

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