News Headlines
- New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they're communicating. Read from CU experts Orit Peleg and Owen Martin on The Conversation.
- For 15 years, criminologist Joanne Belknap has worked to compare sexual assault rates among women in prison with those in surrounding communities at the same time. Her findings are out, and they shocked even her.
- Kaushik Jayaram, a CU Boulder mechanical engineer, is the recipient of a $650,000 CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, giving it an unprecedented opportunity to view the universe's Lyman-alpha emissions—an important kind of ultraviolet light that can reveal new information about stars, distant galaxies and more.
- A group of seniors is designing a next-generation Argon Beam Coagulator during their senior capstone design course. The project is a pencil-shaped handheld device that ionizes argon gas to produce a plasma beam that emits from the tip of the device, allowing surgeons to cut tissue and minimize bleeding at the same time.
- As part of a capstone class, a group of seniors is working to increase access to life-saving therapies by developing an automated medical fluid aliquoting device that streamlines the fluid dosing process.
- A group of seniors in the Biomedical Engineering program is designing their own sensor that can monitor skin conductance during electrotherapy. The sensor was developed during the group's senior capstone design course and was showcased at the Engineering Expo on April 25.
- The CU in Space Club's entry to the Argonia Cup rocket competition reached 24,000 feet and broke the sound barrier on its way to second place in the tournament.
- Giorgia Meloni was the only European leader to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration and was the first to visit the White House after the U.S. slapped new tariffs on its allies. Read from CU expert Miranda McCreary and CSU colleague Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager on The Conversation.
- "The Great Gatsby" remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says CU Boulder scholar Martin Bickman.