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Economist finds sweet success with soda taxes

Dec. 12, 2022

A CU Boulder researcher has found soda taxes aren鈥檛 as regressive as previously feared and do decrease body mass index among non-white youth.

Floods that cuts the Raya Bintara Rd. in Jawa Barat, Indonesia on Jan. 1, 2020

Human-caused global warming, natural climate variability in vicious cycle

Dec. 9, 2022

Extreme weather and ocean events are on the rise around the world, due largely to human-caused climate change. But to fully understand these changes鈥攁nd, ideally, to predict when and where they may occur in the future鈥攔esearchers and policymakers must also take into account naturally occurring climate variability, suggests new research.

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Is the future of carbon-capture technology electrochemistry?

Nov. 21, 2022

Electrically activating chemicals could help remove carbon dioxide from the air, CU Boulder researchers have found.

Sleep researchers in the home of two young children acting as test subjects.

鈥楽leep Fairies鈥 complete a successful summer fellowship

Nov. 21, 2022

CU Boulder鈥檚 Sleep and Development Lab鈥檚 summer fellowship provides hands-on training for undergrads while furthering research for the university.

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Students digging deeper for answers to complex problems

Nov. 14, 2022

Map the System offers CU Boulder students the chance to present their ideas for addressing deeply rooted issues at an international competition sponsored by Oxford University.

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Doctor鈥檚 diagnosis for the Earth: A terminal human malignancy

Nov. 14, 2022

In the book "Homo Ecophagus," a physician with CU Boulder ties sees humanity devouring itself鈥攁nd the planet.

Erin Hyunhee Kang

CU Boulder artist embodies resilience in wake of Marshall Fire

Nov. 8, 2022

Erin Hyunhee Kang, a CU Boulder master鈥檚 student, lost half of her home in the Marshall Fire. That misfortune informed her new exhibition 鈥淎 Home In Between,鈥 now at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

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CU Boulder joins national effort to advance nuclear fusion research

Oct. 27, 2022

As part of $15 million Department of Energy project, applied mathematicians aim to employ new, novel methods to improve the physics models needed to better understand and sustain fusion.

Cassandra Brooks

Cassandra Brooks wins high praise, awards

Oct. 20, 2022

Cassandra Brooks, a scientist who 鈥榓lways undercut鈥 herself, is being honored by the Explorers Club and the Society of Women Geographers.

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Project aims to help students harness data for the greater good

Oct. 14, 2022

Thanks to a CU Next grant, the Data Advocacy for All project will soon provide students with the opportunity to learn how to ethically and effectively use data to raise public awareness and drive social change, according to Laurie Gries, associate professor of writing, rhetoric and communication.

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