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- A new strategy for measuring magnetic fields could one day lead to a host of new quantum sensors—from tools that might map out the activity of the human brain to devices that could help airplane pilots navigate the globe.
- A new quantum incubator coming to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ will provide private companies with a testbed to transform ideas for quantum technologies into products that will benefit consumers in the Mountain West and beyond.
- Biologist Jingchun Li shares her research in marine animals and the unique ways they illuminate the sea.
- Professor Emeritus Marc Bekoff shares his decades of research on the emotional lives of animals and how it could influence wildlife management.
- Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels. New research gets closer to predicting when extreme weather might erupt on the Red Planet.
- Being awake when your body thinks you should be sleeping can make you more susceptible to viruses, make your wounds heal more slowly and promote weight gain. And don't even think about driving the day after an all-nighter.
- Scientists demonstrate how a series of extreme weather events could lead to the Arctic’s first ice-free day within just a few years.
- Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder graduate student Dezell Turner has borrowed inspiration from his favorite sci-fi films to design an augmented reality tool that could one day help aerospace companies plan their routes from Earth to the moon.
- The reelection of Donald Trump could set back global efforts to address climate change, but Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Max Boykoff suggests it may not completely derail clean energy progress.
- Deep in the universe lurk a population of mysterious, red galaxies that, until recently, were all but invisible to scientists. Now, astrophysicists at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder have drawn on new observations to learn more about these objects.