Glacier

Glacier photograph collection now available online

March 13, 2019

A group of University Libraries faculty, staff and students partnered with the National Snow and Ice Data Center to digitize approximately 9,000 glacial photos that are critical to the history of glaciology and more.

pteropod

Marine organisms face fatal horizon in Southern Ocean

March 11, 2019

Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century’s end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life.

Researchers

Beyond Boulder: CU Boulder researchers and IBM pilot sustainable groundwater modeling

March 6, 2019

An article in Forbes discusses how researchers are teaming up with IBM, The Freshwater Trust and SweetSense Inc. to pilot blockchain and satellite-connected sensor solutions to track groundwater usage in California.

Color change

Underwater creatures inspire shape-shifting, color-changing materials

March 5, 2019

New research from CU Boulder focuses on how light can manipulate the shape of man-made materials by emulating these amazing cephalopods.

Child plays a game that teaches impulse control with graduate student Jade Yonehiro

Impulse control is just a click away

March 4, 2019

CU Boulder psychology and neuroscience faculty and students have created a new research program at the Children's Museum of Denver to help children learn how to control their impulses.

Lights from space

Popular network theory debunked

March 4, 2019

A new study debunks a popular, two-decade-old theory about the shape of networks.

LASP clean room

Scientists and dignitaries celebrate 7 decades of CU Boulder in space

March 4, 2019

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) commemorated its 70th anniversary at a gala event on March 1.

Alarm clock

‘Catching up’ on sleep on the weekend doesn’t work

Feb. 28, 2019

Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights? New research says it might actually make things worse.

Aurora borealis

Solar wind fills research sails at space weather center

Feb. 20, 2019

Researchers have landed a new grant to improve forecasts of how solar winds affect Earth's atmosphere.

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The tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’

Feb. 19, 2019

On the 50th anniversary of Garrett Hardin’s influential essay about the “freedom to breed,” the director of the CU Population Center contends he missed the mark.

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