air quality monitoring equipment set up at Boulder Reservoir

Tracking Boulder's air quality in real time

July 21, 2017

An automated emissions monitoring system at Boulder Reservoir tracks methane and other harmful atmospheric gases in real time. Read more, listen to the podcast or watch the video.

a glacier in Antarctica

Black carbon persists in snow and ice around the world

June 30, 2017

A new INSTAAR study shows significant amounts of dissolved black carbon can persist in both pristine and non-pristine areas of snow around the world.

wind turbines in the North Sea

Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts

June 7, 2017

Offshore wind turbines built according to current standards may not be able to withstand the powerful gusts of a Category 5 hurricane, creating potential risk for any such turbines built in hurricane-prone areas.

norlin library

Innovative digital scholarship center to open June 8 in Norlin Library

June 1, 2017

With digital information and storage becoming increasingly vital to academic research, University Libraries and Research Computing will open a state-of-the-art center designed to help students and faculty manage, preserve and leverage data.

an airplane on the runway at boulder municipal airport

Taking flight with ultracold atoms

May 19, 2017

CU Boulder and JILA physicists take laser-cooled atoms airborne as part of an effort to improve aerospace sensing and navigation.

A tree swallow perches on a wire.

Wind, rain ruffle migratory birds' breeding patterns

April 26, 2017

Wind and precipitation play a crucial role in advancing or delaying the breeding cycles of North American tree swallows, according to the results of a new CU Boulder study.

2017 New Venture Challenge Championships

Sports film-editing software, adjustable prosthesis socket among NVC 9 Championship winners

April 7, 2017

Give & Go, an automated film-editing platform for sports teams and coaches, took home top honors at the New Venture Challenge (NVC) Championship on Thursday night, winning first place in the annual event that showcases entrepreneurial innovation from across campus.

jacob rodriguez

Chemistry undergraduate wins prestigious 2017 Goldwater Scholarship

April 7, 2017

Jacob Rodriguez, a junior the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been awarded the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific awards for undergraduates.

National Science Foundation logo

Graduate students set to innovate, expand research with prestigious NSF fellowships

March 29, 2017

Twenty-seven graduate students from across campus have been awarded the prestigious 2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.

Pi

Celebrating Pi Day March 14

March 10, 2017

Pi Day, the annual celebration of one of the most important numbers in mathematics, will take place on Tuesday, March 14. Pi Day is celebrated worldwide and highlights the significance of pi ("Ï€"), which is often represented by the number 3.1459 and represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to...

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