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Scientists used fossil groundwater and model simulations to identify regional differences in aquifer response during the Last Glacial Termination, a period of warming, ice sheet loss and major environmental change that occurred between 20,000 and 11,000 years ago.
Incarcerating people who use drugs is associated with increased overdose deaths after release and a high rate of recidivism. Read from CU expert Katherine LeMasters on The Conversation.
Ecologist Katharine Suding shares insights on the increasing risks of grassland fire across the country.
CU Boulder conflict scholar Michael English explains why public protests matter and what they can mean in the current political and social moment.
In this Q&A, astrophysicist Kevin France, a LASP researcher and associate professor, explores how astrophysics—once considered to be the purview of big telescopes like Hubble—is being revolutionized by SmallSats.
Improved understanding of the light-driven production of hydrogen holds the promise not just to make the reaction more efficient in producing a fuel but also to offer a framework to better understand future light-driven chemistries.
Robert Brakenridge has spent decades trying to understand how distant exploding stars may have affected Earth's atmosphere in the past. A new analysis indicates the need for continued research in the field.
In newly published research, CU Boulder scientists study a rocky exoplanet outside our solar system, learning more about whether and how planets maintain atmospheres.
Colorado is home to numerous sites dedicated to scientific advancement—but what were the origins of these places, and what can they teach us about our path forward? Professor Hanna Rose Shell explores this question through the remarkable story of Walter Orr Roberts, drawing on her background in historical scholarship with mixed-media art making.
Studying patient blood flow patterns could help determine who’s at risk of dangerous side effects from left ventricular assist devices and lead to improvements that could make them safer, new research suggests.