student space gardening

Sky-high harvest: Space gardening for astronauts

Nov. 18, 2016

Graduate student Heather Hava has received several national awards for her research on developing new research tools for growing and maintaining fruits and vegetables in a space environment. And she wouldn't mind being among the first astronauts to reap the benefits of gardens grown in the low gravity of space.

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Tiny electronic device can monitor heart, recognize speech

Nov. 16, 2016

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Northwestern University have developed a tiny, soft and wearable acoustic sensor that measures vibrations in the human body, allowing them to monitor human heart health and recognize spoken words.

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Gang members disproportionately end up in solitary confinement

Nov. 16, 2016

Members of criminal gangs are disproportionately placed in restrictive housing when they are imprisoned in the United States, says University of Colorado Boulder criminologist David Pyrooz, who advocates more rigorous research on whether widespread isolation of gang members is based on the best empirical evidence.

Supermoon

Let’s just call it a 'Supermoon Monday'

Nov. 15, 2016

Nov. 14, 2016 Right before sunrise on Monday, something really super is going to happen. That’s when we’ll be treated to a “super, supermoon” – a full moon at its closest distance to Earth - but one that’s even more spectacular than usual, says Matt Benjamin with CU Boulder Fiske...

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Federally produced cannabis for research does not reflect potency, diversity of legal markets

Nov. 14, 2016

A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder has found that the strains of cannabis available for federally-funded studies lag well behind recreational markets in both potency and diversity, potentially compromising the validity of research into the drug’s effects.

Elementary student practices during Piano for Dreamers class

Piano for Dreamers: Expanding horizons 88 keys at a time

Nov. 14, 2016

The Piano for Dreamers program partners with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation to invite low-income elementary school students to the College of Music for a weekly piano lesson.

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Ready for launch: Instrument suite to assess space weather

Nov. 10, 2016

Solar flares could damage satellites, trigger radio blackouts and even threaten the health of astronauts by penetrating spacecraft shielding. That's why scientists are on a quest to better understand space weather, and a soon-to-launch instrument package will help.

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Modest employment growth to continue into 2017, says CU Boulder report

Nov. 10, 2016

Colorado employment is poised to modestly expand into 2017, according to a CU Boulder report. In the three-month period ending in September, a total of 27,008 new business filings were recorded with the Secretary of State’s office. There were 119,385 business entity renewals.

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CU Boulder to revamp doctoral studies in the literatures

Nov. 8, 2016

With the new Consortium of Doctoral Studies in Literatures and Cultures, CU Boulder is improving support for doctoral students in its six literature Ph.D programs: French and Italian; Spanish and Portuguese; German; classics; English; and Japanese and Chinese.

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Just who lives with you?

Nov. 7, 2016

A new study involving CU Boulder and North Carolina State University highlights the diversity of arthropods found in homes across the United States, a big step in improving our understanding of how bugs like spiders, cockroaches and beetles may affect human health and quality of life.

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