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Call for research proposals: President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to become investigators in the CU President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative (PTLC), now beginning its eighth...
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Five questions for Richard Johnson

“The Fat Switch,” a book by Richard Johnson, M.D., reveals what he and his research team suggest could be the mechanism behind a worldwide obesity and diabetes...
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New study reveals possible ‘road map’ for continued warming of planet

Lasers are used to measure water stable isotopes and atmospheric gas bubbles in the ice cores from Greenland, shown here, to better understand past variations...
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Benefits, challenges of making health care safer and better

Safety and quality seem like obvious goals for health care education. But improving the way budding doctors and nurses are taught, bringing those professions...
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Five questions for Mary Guy

What makes a fireman or policeman rush to help others each and every day? How do they – and others in high-stress jobs – continue to enjoy their work?
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Cancer Center study: High-fiber diet prevents prostate cancer progression

Research by Komal Raina, Ph.D., shows that prostate cancers in mice fed a high-fiber diet fail to progress. A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential...
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CU-led study: Pine beetle outbreaks don’t harm water quality

New study shows that smaller trees and other vegetation that survive pine beetle invasions along waterways increase their uptake of nitrate, a common...
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Five questions for Jessica Metcalf

Years of detective work by the postdoctoral researcher, colleagues at CU-Boulder and others have pointed the way toward a brighter future for Colorado's state...
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Researchers work to halt Hepatitis C’s molecular hijacking

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have figured out intimate details of how the hepatitis C virus takes over an invaded cell, a...
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Researchers discover a chemical that fends off harm to organs

Anesthesia is quite safe these days. But sometimes putting a patient under to fix one problem, such as heart damage, can harm a different organ, such as a...
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Physics magazine: CU involved in two of year’s top 10 breakthroughs

University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students are part of international science teams that made two of the top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2012 as...
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CU-led team receives $9.2 million DOE grant to engineer E. coli into biofuels

A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded $9.2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to research modifying E. coli...
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President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative seeks research proposals

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to become investigators in the CU President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative (PTLC), now beginning its eighth...
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Study: Drought helped fuel Rocky Mountain pine beetle epidemic

Mountain Pine Beetle (Photo courtesy Jeff Mitton) A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in...
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Five questions for John Weihaupt

In a new book about exploring uncharted areas of East Antarctica, the CU Denver professor emeritus recalls 1959's four-month journey, fraught with danger and...
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BioFrontiers researchers uncover new target for cancer research

Telomeres sit at the ends of chromosomes to protect their genetic data. Image Credit: Jane Ades, NHGRI In a new paper released Oct. 24 in Nature , Tom Cech and...
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Five questions for Kurt Beam

As a child, Kurt Beam wanted to be a scientist. By high school, he knew he wanted independence – wearing a suit every day to an office would not be a fit – and...
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CU lecturer and NIST scientist Wineland wins Nobel

Faculty member becomes fifth CU researcher to be honored with the Nobel Prize in science.
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CU study: Graphene membranes may lead to efficient, cleaner energy

Findings are significant step toward realization of more energy-efficient membranes for natural gas production and for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from...
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Update: CU lecturer and NIST scientist Wineland wins Nobel

Physicist David J. Wineland, (Photo: National Institute of Standards and Technology) David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder...
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Women’s Health Research Day highlights diabetes

The Fifth Annual Women’s Health Research Day was held Sept. 20 on the Anschutz Medical Campus, hosted by the School of Medicine. The keynote speaker was...
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Five questions for Nikolaus Correll

“Let’s change the world” was a message he often heard during his post-doctoral work at MIT, and he came to understand that this was not just another well-used...
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Study: Chemical used in hand soaps may impair muscle function

A widely used antibacterial chemical found in hand soaps and other personal care products hinders muscle contractions at a cellular level, reduces muscular...
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Study provides evidence of wildfire smoke’s heat-trapping effect

When the Fourmile Canyon Fire erupted west of Boulder in 2010, smoke from the wildfire poured into parts of the city including a site housing scientists from...
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Five questions for Lori James

Memory is attached to language, which is the focus of her research. James is an associate professor and director of undergraduate training at the University of...

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