Community Edition - June 30, 2020
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Boulder County community invited to CU Boulder town hall
Residents of Boulder and Broomfield counties, community leaders and government officials are invited to join a virtual town hall to learn more about CU Boulder’s comprehensive strategy to safely welcome back students, faculty and staff to campus this fall.
Research in Your Backyard
What makes arteries age? Study explores new link to gut bacteria, diet
Eat a slab of steak and your resident gut bacteria get to work immediately to break it down. But new research shows that a metabolic byproduct, called TMAO, produced in the process can be toxic to the lining of arteries, making them age faster.
Politics driving personal economic decisions amid COVID-19
Researchers found Republican traders were more optimistic about a stock market rebound than non-Republicans.
Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows
Researchers at CU Boulder think local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently.
100 degrees in Siberia? 5 ways the extreme Arctic heat wave follows a disturbing pattern
The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the planet as a whole, with serious consequences. Scientists have been warning about this for decades. Research Professor Mark Serreze shares on The Conversation.
In Focus
After months of remote work due to COVID-19, Chris Heckman and some of his team are headed back to the lab for testing and experimentation.