GOLD instrument

GOLD space weather instrument launches

NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument, built by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder, will investigate the dynamic intermingling of space and Earth's uppermost atmosphere—and is the first NASA science mission to fly an instrument as a commercially hosted payload.

Aerospace Day at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Capitol

2018 Aerospace Day at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Capitol

Join the conversation about how Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ became one of the largest space economies per capita in the nation—and how Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ legislators can effectively support aerospace in our state.

Night shift workers

Frequent night shift work boosts likelihood of Type 2 diabetes, study shows

Feb. 12, 2018

Healthcare workers, security guards and other employees who periodically work the night shift are significantly more likely to have Type 2 diabetes than workers who work only days, according to a sweeping new study by researchers from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston.

Ocean waves

Sea level rise accelerating

Feb. 12, 2018

Current sea level rise projections assume a constant rate, but CIRES fellow Steve Nerem found the rate is actually accelerating.

CubeSat team

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder CubeSat team wins Air Force university competition

The MAXWELL cubesat, a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Smead Aerospace graduate project, has been selected as a winner in the Air Force University Nanosatellite Program Flight Selection Review.

Solar panels

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder announces membership in new University Climate Change Coalition

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder announced it has joined the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), a newly formed coalition of 13 leading North American research universities that have united to help communities achieve their climate goals and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

Galaxy in space

Supermassive black holes can feast on one star per year

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers have discovered a mechanism that explains the persistence of asymmetrical stellar clusters surrounding supermassive black holes in some galaxies and suggests that during post-galactic merger periods, orbiting stars could be flung into the black hole and destroyed at a rate of one per year.

Neuron

What are memories made of? Study sheds light on key protein

Jan. 24, 2018

Ask a nonscientist what memories are made of and you’ll likely conjure images of childhood birthday parties or wedding days. Charles Hoeffer thinks about proteins.

Next-gen flexible robots move and heal like us

Next-gen flexible robots move and heal like us

Engineers have developed a new class of soft, electrically activated devices capable of mimicking the expansion and contraction of natural muscles, a major advance in the field of robotics.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder NASA team finalists

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder team finalists in NASA Mars competition

The space agency is turning to an unlikely resource in its quest to conquer the red planet, and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students are answering the call. It is all part of the NASA BIG Idea Challenge college competition.

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