Research Report - A close-up of the sun; a pathogen's unexpected upside; and more from CU Boulder

The Parker Solar Probe, which recently launched from Cape Canaveral and includes CU Boulder-designed instruments, will fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history, dipping to within 4 million miles of the surface. Read more at The Washington Post.

FUNDING: NASA

The E. coli bacterium, best known as a food poisoning pathogen, also benefits its hosts by helping cells take up iron, new CU Boulder research finds. The discovery could ultimately lead to more effective therapies for iron deficiencies and anemia. Read more at The Denver Post. 

FUNDING: NIH

A new experiment based on CU Boulder’s Nobel Prize-winning atomic science recently debuted on the International Space Station and could help engineers design more accurate aerospace navigation sensors. Read more at WIRED Magazine.

FUNDING: NIST

Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada, new CU Boulder research finds. Read more at the Daily Camera.

FUNDING: NSF