News Headlines
- Within our lifetimes, it could be common for people to interact with life-like digital avatars of the dead. New research explores their promise and peril.
- CU Boulder historian Lucy Chester notes that the recent tensions between the two nations of India and Pakistan, incited by an April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir, are the latest in an ongoing cycle.
- The concept of "Asian Americans," created in the 1960s by student activists as a way to move past denigrating labels, is today a contested category. Read from CU expert Jennifer Ho on The Conversation.
- New research shows that just being seen on social media—without likes or comments—can still boost your mood and shape your memories.
- June Gruber's science of happiness course doesn't map the way to unmitigated joy. On the contrary, the science of emotional wellness is more nuanced, and Gruber's students are sharing this message outside the classroom.
- A new investigation, led by INSTAAR affiliate David Harning, uncovers a story of ecosystem resilience at a lake in coastal Iceland. The analysis could aid future conservation and climate modeling efforts.
- Researchers at CU Boulder and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to identify genetic changes that help oxygen-producing microbes survive in extreme environments.
- Disneyland for physicists: Breakthrough Prize honors scientists at world's largest particle colliderThis year's award recognized the work of four international research collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider, including 32 current and former physicists at CU Boulder.
- Massive ripples in the very fabric of the universe wash over Earth all the time, although you'd never notice. CU Boulder's Jeremy Darling is trying a new search for these gravitational waves.
- A newly planted apple orchard on the CU Boulder campus is a nexus of university and community partnerships and will be a living classroom for students and educators.