Inbreeding not to blame for Colorado鈥檚 bighorn sheep population decline, CU-Boulder study finds

July 23, 2015

The health of Colorado鈥檚 bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit, but a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has found that inbreeding鈥攁 common hypothesis for a recent decline鈥攍ikely isn鈥檛 to blame.

Indoor air quality to be tested in low-income, energy retrofitted Denver area homes

July 21, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health in low-income Denver area neighborhoods.

Student life: Video game music

July 21, 2015

Since middle school, CU-Boulder student Willie Payne has looked for ways to incorporate music composition and computer science. With dreams of composing music for video games, Payne became interested in exploring new ways of using technology. Specifically, Payne wanted to create unique musical dynamics and adaptations where the user controls sounds.

Know it's a placebo? The 'medicine' could still work

July 21, 2015

You don鈥檛 think you鈥檙e hungry, then a friend mentions how hungry he is or you smell some freshly baked pizza and whoaaa, you suddenly feel really hungry. Or, you鈥檝e had surgery and need a bit of morphine for pain. As soon as you hit that button you feel relief even though the medicine hasn鈥檛 even hit your bloodstream.

Device delivers drugs to brain via remote control

July 16, 2015

A team of researchers has developed a wireless device the width of a human hair that can be implanted in the brain and activated by remote control to deliver drugs.

At midyear, Colorado poised for continued growth in 2015

July 16, 2015

The Colorado economy continues to expand, outperforming the U.S. economy and reaffirming previous expectations, according to the midyear economic update released today by the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business.

ARCHIVE: New Horizons "phones home," 兔子先生传媒文化作品 students, faculty elated

July 14, 2015

The New Horizons spacecraft made a successful flyby of Pluto this morning after a nine-year, 3 billion-mile-journey, sending a thumbs-up signal to Earth tonight and elating the world鈥檚 space science community, including 兔子先生传媒文化作品 participants.

CU-Boulder alumna's dreams realized as New Horizons encounters Pluto

July 14, 2015

When the New Horizons spacecraft encountered Pluto early this morning, several CU-Boulder alumni realized a decade full of dreams and no one more so than Beth Cervelli.

CU-Boulder program empowers Latino, Chicano youth

July 13, 2015

Thirty-two Latino and Chicano Colorado high school students are immersing themselves in college life and learning July 12-18 at the University of Colorado Boulder as part of the third annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program.

Plump cartoon characters provoke indulgent eating in kids, says CU-Boulder-led study

July 13, 2015

Children consume more low-nutrition, high-calorie food such as cookies and candy after observing seemingly overweight cartoon characters, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

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