Associate Professor Samira Mehta

‘Calling in,’ not calling out, the racism of those who love you

Aug. 28, 2023

In her recently published book, Associate Professor Samira Mehta offers insight into a lesser-known, but nevertheless hurtful, type of racism—encountered in loving relationships.

Archaeologist Amelia Dall, who is deaf, explains archaeology in American Sign Language for a children's education video

Museum gives a hand to kids who can’t hear

Aug. 28, 2023

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Museum of Natural History is launching a pilot for science-education tools using American Sign Language.

A woman holding her pill box

Why breast cancer survivors don’t take their meds, and what can be done about it

Aug. 28, 2023

Hormone-blocking drugs can be life-saving for breast cancer survivors, reducing risk of recurrence by as much as 50%. Yet many patients stop taking them early or don’t take them as directed. A new Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder study explores why, and what can be done about it.

Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin

What the death of rival Prigozhin means for Putin and the war on Ukraine

Aug. 28, 2023

Russian officials have confirmed the Aug. 23 plane crash in the outskirts of Moscow killed Yevgeny Priogozhin, friend-turned-foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ expert Sarah Wilson Sokhey offers her take on what Prigozhin’s death means for the war in Ukraine and how a coup attempt against Czar Nicholas II in 1907 could provide clues about what will happen next.

Dark craters seen from above on the moon

India just won the race to the moon’s South Pole. Here’s what comes next

Aug. 23, 2023

Marking the latest milestone in a new kind of space race, India's Chandrayaan-3 mission touched down safely on the moon. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns gives his take on why nations and companies are hurrying to parts of the moon that no Apollo craft ever visited.

Moon

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder wins $5M Air Force grant to track objects orbiting the moon

Aug. 23, 2023

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder is leading a major Air Force project to track objects orbiting near the moon, collaborating with researchers at Texas A&M, Georgia Tech and L3Harris Technologies.

U.S. court documents

Trump’s classified-documents indictment does more than allege crimes

Aug. 23, 2023

Prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case; they did much more. Read from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ law expert Derek Kiernan-Johnson on The Conversation.

Lead author Molly McDermott tagging a swallow

Building a nest in The Giving Tree

Aug. 22, 2023

Even with increased physical costs, female barn swallows prioritize the needs of their offspring over their own health. Though songbirds are the focus of the new study, it might pertain to many species—humans included—and the price of parenthood.

Researchers in the The Weimer Lab

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder lab unveils economical method for producing clean fuel

Aug. 22, 2023

The Weimer Lab, led by Professor Al Weimer, has introduced an efficient and economical method to use renewable energy to produce fuel, opening doors to clean and sustainable energy sources for a wide array of industries, including transportation, steelmaking and ammonia production.

Assistant Professor Sanghamitra Neogi

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder to lead million-dollar microelectronics research

Aug. 22, 2023

Sanghamitra Neogi has earned a $1 million Department of Defense contract to tackle a big problem with tiny electronics: microchips crippled by heat.

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