People react to the newly installed plaster cast of a life-size Triceratops in the lobby of the SEEC building

5 things to know about the Triceratops, an iconic western dinosaur

Jan. 16, 2024

A new, full-scale skeleton of a Triceratops dinosaur has arrived on campus, shining a light on Colorado’s ancient past—a time when creatures like this three-horned dinosaur tromped through landscapes with palm trees, and flying reptiles with 20-foot wingspans called pterosaurs soared through the sky.

Technician in protective gear examines a computer chip

New instrument to capture stardust as part of NASA mission

Jan. 11, 2024

Scientists and engineers at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· will soon take part in an effort to collect a bit of stardust—the tiny bits of matter that flow through the Milky Way Galaxy and were once the initial building blocks of our solar system.

Man holding pole crouches in stream

How an overlooked study over a century ago helped fuel the Colorado River crisis

Dec. 14, 2023

At the start of World War I, a scientist named Eugene Clyde La Rue hiked the American West to estimate how much water flows down the Colorado River. His findings were ignored, but leaders today don't have to make the same mistake, says ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· hydrologist Shemin Ge.

Photo of an ancient saddle made of wood

Archaeologists unearth one of earliest known frame saddles

Dec. 12, 2023

Recovered from looters, a new archaeological discovery from a cave in western Mongolia could change the story of the evolving relationship between humans and horses in the ancient world.

Artist's depiction of planet orbiting star

14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about ‘hot Jupiters’

Dec. 11, 2023

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) spacecraft, led by a team of scientists from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, is about the size of a cereal box. It has also recorded incredibly detailed measurements of the atmospheres of planets hundreds of light-years from Earth.

Brian Hynek holding a walking stick on the shore of a lagoon

Deep within an inhospitable desert, a window to first life on Earth

Dec. 6, 2023

In Argentina's Puna de Atacama, a parched plateau more than 12,000 feet above sea level, a series of lagoons are home to microbial communities that seem to resemble nothing else alive on Earth today. But time may be running out to study them.

Colorful microscopic image of a regularly repeating pattern

‘Doughnut’ beams help physicists see incredibly small objects

Dec. 4, 2023

A new laser-based technique can create images of structures too tiny to view with traditional microscopes, and without damaging them. The approach could help scientists inspect nanoelectronics, including the semiconductors in computer chips.

Vladimir Putin sits in a crowd at a sporting event

Who supports Putin? Men, older generations and traditionalists, study shows

Nov. 30, 2023

In a new study led by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, researchers surveyed more than 8,400 people in six former Soviet Union nations about their support for the controversial Russian leader. In Ukraine, at least, Russia's long and bloody invasion seems to have backfired on the leader.

A solar panel.

5 ways ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers are working to address climate change

Nov. 27, 2023

Across the university, researchers are racing to find solutions to slow the rate of climate change and potentially reverse its course.

A wheat field

Interactive map shows where your food comes from

Nov. 21, 2023

With the holiday season upon us and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, kicking off this month, researchers launched Food Twin to show where crops come from—and how climate change could impact this fragile network.

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