Shalini Menon

Blind researcher brings magic touch to book project

Dec. 5, 2017

Shalini Menon is helping the campus Build a Better Book Project make tactile materials more accessible for visually impaired children.

researchers with model of robotic small intestine

A robotic small intestine? Researchers are making one

Dec. 4, 2017

A new robotic small intestine under development at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· has broad-reaching implications for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments and improved medical training.

Sepulveda lab

The hard science of soft substances

Dec. 4, 2017

INSTAAR researcher Julio Sepúlveda uses lipids to decode ancient ecosystems.

Ralph Jimenez of JILA

Lasers could lead to better understanding of neurodegenerative conditions

Dec. 1, 2017

Researchers are studying the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's by using a new technique to measure neurons firing deep inside animal brains.

swimmers diving into a pool

Report card gives U.S. Olympic sports a D for self-governance

Nov. 30, 2017

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Center for Sports Governance: Organizations governing U.S. Olympic sports could do better when it comes to transparency, checks and balances and democratic processes.

Prashant Nagpal

Rapid, cost-effective genetic screening within reach

Nov. 29, 2017

Researchers are developing new techniques for faster, lower cost single-molecule DNA sequencing that could have transformative impacts on genetic screening.

hubert yin in the lab

Arthritis, autoimmune disease discovery could lead to new treatments

Nov. 20, 2017

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers have developed a potent, drug-like compound that could someday revolutionize treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.

Shalane Flanagan running the Boston Marathon in 2013

New shoe makes running 4 percent easier, 2-hour marathon possible, study shows

Nov. 16, 2017

Days after Shalane Flanagan won the NYC Marathon, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers have published a study that inspired the name of the shoes she wore and confirms they reduce the amount of energy used to run.

Brain images

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· to lead Pac-12 research initiative on student-athlete concussions

Nov. 16, 2017

The research initiative will establish best practices and clinical infrastructure for advancing education on traumatic brain injury in student-athletes.

Rocky Mountain National Park

National park may broaden exhibits about tribal nations

Nov. 16, 2017

Faculty and students helped develop a plan for how to better represent indigenous histories and ongoing tribal relationships to the land that is now Rocky Mountain National Park.

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