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...
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...
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...
Findings are significant step toward realization of more energy-efficient membranes for natural gas production and for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from...
Physicist David J. Wineland, (Photo: National Institute of Standards and Technology) David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder...
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...
“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...
A widely used antibacterial chemical found in hand soaps and other personal care products hinders muscle contractions at a cellular level, reduces muscular...
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...
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...
Researchers have found what they believe is the key to understanding why the human brain is larger and more complex than that of other animals. The human brain...
In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and University of Colorado Boulder has proven that addiction to...
The Boulder geography professor spent more than 10 years visiting about 200 sites before writing "Shadowed Ground," which focuses on the U.S. and how...
CU-Boulder research helped propel South African amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius into the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Photo courtesy Press Association...
The CU-Boulder professor's research has taken her to some of the most spectacular places on Earth, where she studies relationships between freshwater organisms...
Her research on barn swallows includes examining phenotype (observable characteristics) and how these traits differ in sub-species. A particular interest is in...
Along with research on bullying and adolescent girls, the UCCS associate professor is heavily involved in the Smart Girl program, which teaches young girls how...
Five CU licensees recently were selected to receive matching grants through Colorado’s Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program ( BDEG-Co ). The state of...
Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward...
Faculty examine a poster at the 2011 Mountain Lion Research Day. Photo by Jeff Foster Workplace burnout, privacy, domestic violence and wireless communication...
Yin (Photo by Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado) A University of Colorado Boulder-led research team has discovered that two protein receptors in the...
Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year...
