leukocytes attacking a cancer cell

National Cancer Research Month: 7 CU Boulder discoveries that could improve, save lives

2024年5月8日

From developing new therapies to help patients cope with anxiety to discovering new ways to treat resistant breast cancer and new environmentally friendly methods for producing chemotherapy drugs, CU Boulder researchers are pushing boundaries in cancer research.

Primate with large, brown eyes and big ears in the branches of a tree at night

In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate change

2024年5月7日

Researchers led by CU Boulder primatologist Michelle Sauther walked the paths of the Lajuma Research Centre in South Africa at night, keeping an eye out for the glowing eyes of galago primates, 或bushbabies. The team's findings reveal troubling hints about how small animals may adapt to extreme temperatures.

Illustration of Venus seen from space with colored spheres flying around

Venus has almost no water. A new study may reveal why

2024年5月6日

Billions of years ago, Venus may have held as much water as Earth. Now, it harbors 100,000 times less water than our planet. A new study from planetary scientists at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and 空间 Physics (LASP) dives into how that water disappeared.

Tissue stained pink seen under a microscope

Geologists, biologists unearth the atomic fingerprints of cancer

2024年5月6日

Earth scientists have long turned to minute differences in hydrogen atoms to explore the ancient history of our planet. A new study suggests that these same tiny atoms could one day lead to new ways to track the growth of cancer.

Researchers taking photos in Antarctica

Ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes

2024年5月6日

For the first time in the field, CIRES-led research shows that ice shelves don’t just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes—they fracture.

科罗拉多河

Precipitation may brighten 科罗拉多河’s future

2024年5月3日

The 科罗拉多河’s future may be a little brighter than expected, according to a new modeling study from CIRES researchers. Warming temperatures have raised doubts the river could recover. But the new study paints a fuller picture.

illustration of cavity momentum exchange

New methods help solve a problem when taking ultra-precise measurements

2024年5月3日

Precisely measuring the energy states of individual atoms has been a historical challenge for physicists because of the tendency for atoms to recoil. 在一篇新论文中, JILA and NIST Fellows Ana Maria Rey and James Thompson, JILA Fellow Murray Holland, and their teams proposed a way to overcome this problem.

Photomontage of the evolution of a tornado

What’s with the wild tornadoes? Expert weighs in

2024年5月3日

In the past few weeks, multiple tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the central and southern U.S. Atmospheric scientist Andrew Winters says more may be on the way and offers tips to stay safe.

U.S. National Sled Hockey Team member participating in a research study at CU Boulder

The science of sled hockey: Team USA partners with CU Boulder physiologists

2024年5月2日

联合国成员国.S. National Sled Hockey Team are working with CU researchers on a project that could ultimately improve performance and reduce injury for hockey players with lower-limb amputations or impairments.

Yellow sunflowers

Fighting infection with some help from bacteria

2024年4月30日

A CU Boulder-led study of sunflowers shows their genes relate to the abundance of bacteria associated with resistance against one of the pathogens that causes white mold.

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