Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer

CU-Boulder-led MinXSS CubeSat to deploy from ISS, study sun鈥檚 soft X-rays

May 13, 2016

The bread loaf-sized Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat will be deployed from an airlock on the International Space Station (ISS) at 4 a.m. MDT on Monday, May 16, beginning its journey into space where it will study emissions from the sun that can affect ground-based communications systems.

鈥渟oft鈥 robotic hand

Octopus-inspired 鈥榮oft鈥 robot wins international challenge

May 11, 2016

An octopus tentacle can perform tasks as complex as opening a jar and can continue to function after being severed from its body, thanks to a concentration of neurons in the tentacle itself. Researchers in the Correll Lab at CU-Boulder created a robotic hand nearly as dexterous and self-contained, winning the RoboSoft Grand Challenge manipulation competition in Livorno, Italy, April 29-30.

A 3-D animation created by NASA鈥檚 Scientific Visualization Studio using data from the MAVEN mission to Mars

MAVEN data used for award-winning NASA Scientific Visualization Studio video

May 11, 2016

A 3-D animation created by NASA鈥檚 Scientific Visualization Studio using data from the MAVEN mission to Mars is the corporate winner of the inaugural Data Stories video contest sponsored by Science magazine for videos that tell stories about data. The video explains how the solar wind is driving particles from the upper atmosphere of Mars into space, which may have caused the planet to dry out and cool over the eons.

Western honeybee

Honeybees more likely to regulate hive鈥檚 鈥榯hermostat鈥 during rapid temperature increases, CU-Boulder study finds

May 8, 2016

Honeybees use their wings to cool down their hives when temperatures rise, but new University of Colorado Boulder research shows that this intriguing behavior may be linked to both the rate of heating and the size of a honeybee group.

View of earth from space

Grand Challenge expanded and enhanced by new projects

May 4, 2016

Six grants totaling $250,000 have been awarded to projects supporting CU-Boulder鈥檚 Grand Challenge "Our Space. Our Future." which features two major initiatives 鈥 Earth Lab and Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing Initiative (IRISS) 鈥 plus more than a dozen related projects.

 Professor Andrew Martin standing in lakeshore holding a bucket

Helping students and imperiled wildlife, one at a time

April 28, 2016

An evolutionary biologist, Professor Andrew Martin has long been involved in genetic studies and conservation efforts on behalf of wildlife in peril, from greenback cutthroat trout and great white sharks to desert pupfish and prairie dogs. But Martin is not just a top-tier scientist. Because of his exceptional abilities and passion to integrate his teaching and research, he has been named one of two CU President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars for 2016 by President Bruce Benson.

Assistant Professor Gordana Dukovic

Presto! Harnessing the sun to make fertilizer

April 21, 2016

Here鈥檚 a new recipe that might be good for the planet: Add sunlight to a particular nitrogen molecule and out comes ammonia, the main ingredient of fertilizer used around the world. The eco-friendly method of producing ammonia is described in a new study led by the Department of Energy鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden and involving CU-Boulder.

The Cassini spacecraft next to Saturn

Saturn spacecraft samples interstellar dust

April 15, 2016

A new study led by the European Space Agency and NASA involving the University of Colorado Boulder indicates NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.

Plowing a large amount of hail in the street after a large hailstorm

Amateur meteorologists sought for crowdsourced CU-Boulder, National Weather Service hail study

April 14, 2016

CU-Boulder and the National Weather Service (NWS) want your help investigating large surface hail accumulations from thunderstorms in Colorado between April and September.

Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells

CU-Boulder researchers to study elevated anxiety in Colorado cancer survivors, test potential treatments

April 12, 2016

CU-Boulder researchers are embarking on a multi-year research project to study and address the psychological concerns of cancer survivors, including elevated anxiety.

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