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Geologists work to piece together Earth's missing memories

April 28, 2020

A team of geologists led by CU Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia.

Wolf at night

Why are we acting like wolves at night?

April 27, 2020

Around the world, people are collectively making noise while social distancing. In Colorado, we're howling like wolves.

Patricia Rankin

What will it take to close the gender gap in physics? Patricia Rankin is working to find out

April 23, 2020

Rankin is telling a different story today. She’s dedicating the rest of her career to showing that she does look like a physicist—and so do countless young women, and especially women of color, who are just getting started in the field.

Weddell Seal

More protections needed to safeguard biodiversity in the Southern Ocean

April 22, 2020

Current marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean need to be at least doubled to adequately safeguard the biodiversity of the Antarctic, according to a new CU Boulder study

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With shrinking snowpack, drought predictability melting away

April 20, 2020

New research from CU Boulder suggests that during the 21st century, our ability to predict drought using snow will literally melt away

Jennifer Ho

Anti-Asian discrimination amid pandemic spurs Jennifer Ho to action

April 20, 2020

“Where are you from?” It’s a question that Jennifer Ho, as an Asian American, is tired of hearing. Strangers have asked her this question her entire life in an array of situations

Interior of the Super-Kamiokande observatory, which detects neutrinos in the T2K Experiment.

Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself? Neutrinos may hold the answer

April 15, 2020

Two physicists are on the hunt for neutrinos, among the most elusive subatomic particles known to science and the possible key to some of the universe’s biggest mysteries

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English professor Adam Bradley wins 2020 Hazel Barnes Prize

April 15, 2020

English Professor Adam Bradley has been named the 2020 recipient of the Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university

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CU Boulder undergraduate researchers named Goldwater Scholars

April 15, 2020

Niamh Brown and Santos Navarro join 42 previous CU Boulder recipients of the Goldwater Scholars award

Camille Paige, a researcher at the BioFrontiers Institute, spits into a tube to demonstrate how SickStick works.

Scientists developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do

April 15, 2020

Imagine a test that could tell you if you were infected with COVID-19 before you had a single symptom. SickStick may offer that chance.

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