Illustration of a mutating virus variant

Omicron at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder: What you can expect, what you can do

Jan. 10, 2022

As COVID-19’s omicron variant surges throughout many parts of the country and in Boulder County, researchers Kristen Bjorkman, Dan Larremore, Leslie Leinwand and Roy Parker are providing info to improve people’s awareness and safety.

Mountain range

Iodine in desert dust destroys ozone

Jan. 5, 2022

A new ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder study shows iodine from desert dust can decrease air pollution, but it could prolong greenhouse gas lifetimes.

Fire in Boulder

How to mitigate post-fire smoke impacts in your home

Jan. 5, 2022

In the aftermath of the destructive Marshall Fire, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder and CIRES experts have compiled a resource of post-wildfire indoor air quality facts and solutions to mitigate smoke impacts in your home or business.

Blake Leeper runs in gym

World’s fastest blade runner gets no competitive advantage from prostheses, study shows

Jan. 5, 2022

A new, long-awaited study shows amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have no clear competitive advantage at the 400-meter distance compared to sprinters with biological legs. The research puts into question sports governing body policies that limit the height of prostheses.

Colorado State Capitol building

Coloradans still deeply divided over COVID policies, election legitimacy, survey shows

Jan. 4, 2022

Nearly 85% of Colorado Democrats approved of some form of mask mandates in the state, according to a recently released survey on the state of politics in 2021. Only 21% of Republicans agreed.

Contracting heart cells

Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect cells’ DNA, with implications for development and disease

Jan. 3, 2022

Contracting heart cells exert forces on their genetic material that affect how they develop. Mechanical and biomedical engineering expert Corey Neu shares on The Conversation.

 Instrument built by graduate student Ryan Cole

Researchers replicate climates of exoplanets to help find extraterrestrial life

Dec. 23, 2021

Professor Greg Rieker and Ryan Cole have developed an experiment that recreates the climates of planets beyond our solar system right in the lab. By reaching the same high-temperature and high-pressure conditions found on many exoplanets, the instrument can map their atmospheres, which could help humanity detect life outside our solar system.

Morteza Lahijanian

How Morteza Lahijanian creates safety, soundness in autonomous systems

Dec. 22, 2021

Lahijanian’s work is at the intersection of safety and soundness in robotics, focusing on developing autonomous systems that operate safely and effectively alongside humans to help improve the well-being of individuals and societies.

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Testing only the unvaccinated may do little to curb spread of omicron

Dec. 21, 2021

New ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder research suggests that in highly vaccinated regions, including Colorado, most infections will soon be breakthrough cases, and money spent on testing the unvaccinated could be better spent on other public health measures.

Artist's depiction of James Webb in space with its mirror unfolded.

New space telescope to peer back at the universe’s first galaxies

Dec. 21, 2021

The decades-in-the-making James Webb Space Telescope will observe light from the dawn of the universe and may even detect the gases swirling in the atmospheres of alien planets.

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