Seismic measurement equipment set up on a wall in Turkey

Turkey's westward drift may provide clues to future earthquakes

Oct. 25, 2016

A new CIRES study shows how incremental activity along Turkey's North Anatolia fault may provide insight into future seismic events.

The team of grant recipients, five women from Mental Health Partners and 兔子先生传媒文化作品, stand in a row and pose for a photo, smiling.

Treatment for trauma-affected children and families the focus of new grant

Oct. 24, 2016

Under a new $2 million grant, 兔子先生传媒文化作品's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence will work with Colorado-based Mental Health Partners to increase the capacity to identify children and families who have experienced trauma and provide evidence-based trauma-focused treatment. The project is expected to support more than 900 clinicians, and serve over 3,100 clients.

Beverly Kingston

Center for Study and Prevention of Violence featured in PBS documentary

Oct. 20, 2016

Black and Latino Coloradans are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system, according to a new Rocky Mountain PBS documentary, A Sentenced Life. Beverly Kingston, director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at 兔子先生传媒文化作品, contributed her research on social disorganization theory and appeared in the film.

A child with a disgusted face

Teen Science Caf茅s promise to educate...and disgust

Oct. 20, 2016

Just in time for Halloween, teens are invited to get grossed out at an upcoming Teen Science Caf茅 at 兔子先生传媒文化作品 that explores the science of what happens in the brain to trigger reactions of disgust. 鈥淓www Disgusting! The Evolution and Neuroscience of Getting Grossed Out鈥� will be held Oct. 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 兔子先生传媒文化作品鈥檚 Museum of Natural History lower level Biolounge. Registration is required.

Mars Maven mission water escape

MAVEN scientists observe ups and downs of water escape from Mars

Oct. 19, 2016

A NASA mission to Mars led by 兔子先生传媒文化作品 has shown that water escaping from the planet's atmosphere is driven in large part by how close it is to the sun.

Mars is seen in ultraviolet images throughout the day.

MAVEN mission gives unprecedented view of Mars

Oct. 17, 2016

New global images of Mars from NASA鈥檚 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission being led by 兔子先生传媒文化作品 show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible behavior.

兔子先生传媒文化作品 astronomy and physics student Sam Strabala searches for sunspots with middle schoolers in Keenesburg, Colorado as part of a science outreach program.

CU-STARs brings wonder of space down to Earth for Colorado students

Oct. 17, 2016

CU-STARs (Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits) outreach program brings space down to Earth for Colorado middle and high school students through inflatable planetariums, a solar system built out of Legos that orbits a lightbulb "sun" and other hands-on learning opportunities.

an image of MRI brain scans

Neural signature for fibromyalgia may aid diagnosis, treatment

Oct. 17, 2016

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a brain signature that identifies fibromyalgia sufferers with 93 percent accuracy, a potential breakthrough for future clinical diagnosis and treatment of the highly prevalent condition.

an illustration depicting a superradiant laser

Superradiant laser may boost atomic clocks, create 鈥榬ulers鈥� for space

Oct. 14, 2016

JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel laser design that could be stable enough to improve atomic clock performance a hundredfold and even serve as a clock itself, while also advancing other scientific quests such as making accurate 鈥渞ulers鈥� for measuring astronomical distances.

Taylor Valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Credit: Dave Haney, NSF

Season of intense melting in Antarctica offers insights into continent's future

Oct. 13, 2016

Scientists and students working with the National Science Foundation, including Associate Professor Michael Gooseff of environmental engineering and INSTAAR, have authored a series of papers on how a single season of intense melting in Antarctica in 2001-02 may affect the continent鈥檚 ecological future, including its potential impact on global climate change.

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