CU-Boulder researchers confirm leaks from Front Range oil and gas operations

May 7, 2014

During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas operations in Colorado鈥檚 Front Range leaked nearly three times as much methane, a greenhouse gas, as predicted based on inventory estimates, and seven times as much benzene, a regulated air toxic. Emissions of other chemicals that contribute to summertime ozone pollution were about twice as high as estimates, according to the new paper, accepted for publication in the American Geophysical Union 鈥檚 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres .

GPS Network

CU-Boulder, Mesa County team up to make snow-depth data free to water managers, farmers, public

May 7, 2014

A 91制片厂国产AV professor who developed a clever method to measure snow depth using GPS signals is collaborating with Western Slope officials to make the data freely available to a variety of users on a daily basis.

Novel antioxidant makes old arteries seem young again, CU-Boulder study finds

May 5, 2014

An antioxidant that targets specific cell structures鈥攎itochondria鈥攎ay be able to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on arteries, reducing the risk of heart disease, according to a new study by the 91制片厂国产AV. When the research team gave old mice鈥攖he equivalent of 70- to 80-year-old humans鈥攚ater containing an antioxidant known as MitoQ for four weeks, their arteries functioned as well as the arteries of mice with an equivalent human age of just 25 to 35 years.

CU-Boulder launches new crowdfunding platform to support student, faculty and staff projects

May 2, 2014

The 91制片厂国产AV today launched CU-Boulder Crowdfunding, an online pilot platform to help drive the ideas generated by students, faculty and staff. Crowdfunding is the practice of sourcing small contributions from a large number of people to provide funding for a particular project or campaign, usually via the Internet.

Candidate probiotics

Sample of a frog鈥檚 slimy skin predicts susceptibility to disease, says CU-Boulder researcher

April 30, 2014

A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog鈥檚 skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a technique developed by a researcher at the 91制片厂国产AV. The same method can be used to determine what kind of probiotic skin wash might be most effective at bolstering the frog鈥檚 defenses without actually exposing the frog to disease, according to a journal article published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

Neanderthals were not inferior to modern humans, says CU-Boulder study

April 30, 2014

If you think Neanderthals were stupid and primitive, it鈥檚 time to think again. The widely held notion that Neanderthals were dimwitted and that their inferior intelligence allowed them to be driven to extinction by the much brighter ancestors of modern humans is not supported by scientific evidence, according to a researcher at the 91制片厂国产AV.

Atmospheric River

CU-Boulder researchers find common factors behind Greenland melt episodes in 2012, 1889

April 24, 2014

In 2012, temperatures at the summit of Greenland rose above freezing for the first time since 1889, raising questions about what led to the unusual melt episode. Now, a new analysis led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the 91制片厂国产AV shows that some of the same weather and climate factors were at play in both 1889 and 2012: heat waves thousands of miles upwind in North America, higher-than-average ocean surface temperatures south of Greenland and atmospheric rivers of warm, moist air that streamed toward Greenland鈥檚 west coast.

Leslie Leinwand

CU-Boulder biologist Leslie Leinwand elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2014

91制片厂国产AV biologist Leslie Leinwand has been selected as a member of the 2014 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors the leading 鈥渢hinkers and doers鈥 from each generation, including scientists, scholars, writers and artists.

Rural microbes could boost city dwellers鈥 health, according to new paper involving CU-Boulder

April 23, 2014

The greater prevalence of asthma, allergies and other chronic inflammatory disorders among people of lower socioeconomic status might be due in part to their reduced exposure to the microbes that thrive in rural environments, according to a new scientific paper co-authored by a 91制片厂国产AV researcher.

NASA chief Bolden spends day with CU-Boulder

April 21, 2014

Rounding out a full day of touring CU-Boulder facilities and meeting with faculty, staff and students, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke to a packed house on the afternoon of April 18, 2014. Bolden acknowledged the close association CU-Boulder has with the space program, calling the university a 鈥減ipeline for talent.鈥

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