Aerial view of the Mississippi Delta

The Delta Blues: Human activity harming world’s major river systems

Feb. 23, 2016

For the half billion people living on the world’s river deltas and the hundreds of millions of others who rely on them for water, food, shelter, transportation and energy, the news is not good. More than two-thirds of the the world’s 33 major river deltas are sinking and the vast majority have experienced flooding in recent years, primarily a result of human activity.

CU-Boulder’s first endowed telecom chair to be funded by $4 million gift

Feb. 23, 2016

A $4 million bequest from the estate of a couple committed to the standardization of telecommunications will help establish the first endowed chair in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The pioneering program is part of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and integrates law, policy, business and engineering.

a clear-cut forest near Eugene, Oregon.

Temperature changes wreak ecological havoc in deforested areas, CU-Boulder study finds

Feb. 21, 2016

The newly-exposed edges of deforested areas are highly susceptible to drastic temperature changes, leading to hotter, drier and more variable conditions for the forest that remains, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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CIRES researcher Gijs de Boer receives Presidential honor

Feb. 18, 2016

Boulder’s Gijs de Boer, 36 is one of 106 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The CIRES/NOAA scientist works on remote sensing of environmental changes.

Ultrafast microscope used to make slow-motion electron movie

Feb. 16, 2016

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have demonstrated the use of the world’s first ultrafast optical microscope, allowing them to probe and visualize matter at the atomic level with mind-bending speed.

CU-Boulder researchers recycle carbon-fiber composites into new, equally strong material

Feb. 15, 2016

Carbon-fiber composites – stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum – can easily and cost-effectively be recycled into new material just as robust as the originals, a team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has found.

Diatryma Illustration of a flightless bird, Gastornis

Giant bird browsed in the Arctic twilight 50 million years ago

Feb. 12, 2016

Strange as it may seem, a bird bigger than Big Bird once lived above the Arctic Circle. The flightless bird, known as Gastornis , roamed Ellesmere Island next to Greenland about 50 million years ago, even during the twilight months of winter.

Overall US crime rates unaffected by so-called ‘Ferguson effect,’ CU-Boulder-led study finds

Feb. 4, 2016

A new study finds no evidence of a widespread surge in total, violent or property crime in large U.S. cities in the aftermath of the highly publicized police shooting of Michael Brown. But the research does show the overall rate of robberies across the country has increased, as has the murder rate in certain cities.

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Trust in adults affects children’s willingness to delay gratification, CU-Boulder study finds

Feb. 2, 2016

A child’s perception of an adult’s trustworthiness can affect his or her willingness to resist a small, immediately available reward in order to obtain a larger reward later, a new University of Colorado Boulder study has discovered.

Citizen scientists, community groups awarded grants to study impacts of oil and gas development

Feb. 1, 2016

Five community-led projects from across Colorado will explore air and water quality and sustainable energy development with support from the latest round of grants from the AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network based at the University of Colorado Boulder. The grants aim to improve understanding of the risks and benefits of oil and gas development as identified by community organizations.

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