New study involving ŷڱƵ-Boulder shows heroin, morphine addiction can be blocked

Aug. 14, 2012

University of Adelaide news release In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and University of ŷڱƵ Boulder has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team has discovered the key mechanism in the body’s immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. Laboratory studies involving rats have shown that the drug (+)-naloxone will selectively block the immune-addiction response.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder research attracts $380.7 million in sponsored funding

Aug. 9, 2012

ŷڱƵ System news release DENVER – Work by University of ŷڱƵ faculty garnered $815.3 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2011-12, a rise of nearly $22 million over the previous fiscal year. The preliminary figures indicate one of the highest research totals in ŷڱƵ history; the only higher total came in fiscal year 2009-10, when one-time federal stimulus dollars contributed to a final tally of $884.1 million. Last year’s total was $793.5 million.

ŷڱƵ-led team discovers new atmospheric compound tied to climate change and human health issues

Aug. 8, 2012

An international research team led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and the University of Helsinki has discovered a surprising new chemical compound in Earth’s atmosphere that reacts with sulfur dioxide to form sulfuric acid, which is known to have significant impacts on climate and health.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder planetarium upgrading to giant-screen theater

Aug. 2, 2012

If you’re a planetarium junkie in the Boulder area, your experience is about to get a major upgrade. The astrophysical and planetary sciences department, home to Fiske Planetarium, announced today the launch of a complete upgrade to the projection and other presentation systems that power the planetarium’s big-screen experience. The remodel will turn the dome of the planetarium into an all-encompassing video theater.

Tiny ŷڱƵ-Boulder satellite may launch as early as Aug. 14

Aug. 1, 2012

A tiny satellite designed, built and tested by University of ŷڱƵ Boulder students to study solar flares may launch as early as Aug. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, Calif.

Earth still absorbing CO2 even as emissions rise, says new ŷڱƵ-led study

Aug. 1, 2012

Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth’s vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them, according to a surprising new study led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder.

Later Stone Age got earlier start in South Africa than thought

July 31, 2012

The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously believed -- about the same time humans were migrating from Africa to the European continent, says a new international study led by ŷڱƵ-Boulder researcher Paola Villa, a curator at the University of ŷڱƵ Museum of Natural History .

Later Stone Age got earlier start in South Africa than thought, says ŷڱƵ researcher

July 30, 2012

The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously believed -- about the same time humans were migrating from Africa to the European continent, says a new international study led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder.

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ŷڱƵ Opera performs Brundibar at ŷڱƵ Music Festival

July 26, 2012

ŷڱƵ Opera provided student vocalists for the lead roles in the ŷڱƵ Music Festival’s presentation of Hans Krasa’s “Brundibar," June 28-29.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder sources on Aurora theater shooting

July 24, 2012

Michael Radelet , professor of sociology, is an expert on the use of the death penalty in ŷڱƵ and the United States. He has documented all of ŷڱƵ’s executions and notes that ŷڱƵ abolished the penalty between 1897 and 1901, came within one vote of abolishing it again in 2009 and has executed only one person since 1967. “We've always debated the death penalty in ŷڱƵ, and the general thrust of our history is in the direction of abolition,” he said.

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