The Ƶ Sounding Rocket Lab team at a launch in November 2019

Ƶ Sounding Rocket Lab: On a mission to space

March 31, 2021

Only one student rocketry team has successfully passed the internationally-accepted boundary of space, the 100km Karman line. The Ƶ Boulder Sounding Rocket Lab will join that league soon—they know it won't be easy, but they're ready for the challenge.

Agricultural irrigation

Research on soil moisture aims to improve irrigation models

March 29, 2021

Irrigated agriculture is the planet's largest consumer of freshwater, producing more than 40% of food worldwide. Yet the exact amounts of water being used in irrigation remains largely unknown. Finding answers would provide insight into the global water balance.

An illustration of quantum entanglement

JILA theoretical physicists predict quantum interactions within 3D molecules

March 29, 2021

JILA's Ana Maria Rey and Thomas Bilitewski are looking at compressed potassium and rubidium gases to predict the quantum interactions between the molecules within this gas—a large advancement forward within the field of quantum physics.

Crops being harvested

Heat waves could cause 10 times more crop damage than now projected

March 29, 2021

Heat waves, which are projected to become more frequent and intense as the century progresses, could cause as much as 10 times more crop damage than is now projected, a team of researchers led by Ƶ Boulder has found.

Ƶ Boulder student Olivia Parsons getting a COVID-19 shot

Do COVID vaccines prevent transmission? Ƶ Boulder kicks off national trial

March 29, 2021

Ƶ Boulder was the first site to roll out a federally-funded study led by the COVID-19 Prevention Network at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Study leaders vaccinated 11 of the roughly 700 Ƶ Boulder student volunteers who will ultimately participate.

Asian American child in mask holding 'Asian Lives Matter' sign at a rally

2 stereotypes that diminish the humanity of the Atlanta shooting victims—and all AsianAmericans

March 29, 2021

The media tends to render Asian Americans as either a “perpetual foreigner” or “model minority”—both stereotypes that have been levied in tandem against immigrants from Asia since the 1830s. Associate Professor Angie Chuang shares on The Conversation.

A cluster of bees seen up close

Bees form scent-driven phone tree to pass along messages

March 25, 2021

Think of it as a testament to a honeybee's love for its queen: Bees build what looks like a telecommunications network to pass messages, in the form of pheromones, from their queen to other members of a colony.

A Jewish family gathers in person and over video conferencing for Passover celebrations in 2020

This Passover, as in the past, will be a time to recognize tragedies and offer hope for the future

March 24, 2021

Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while holding out for better to come. Assistant Professor Samuel L. Boyd shares on The Conversation.

Jun Ye in his lab at JILA. (Credit: Ƶ Boulder)

Latest Buff Innovator Insights episode features physicist Jun Ye

March 24, 2021

Follow Jun Ye, director of the Ƶbit Quantum Initiative, from his childhood in China to helping realize the vast potential of quantum science and technology at Ƶ Boulder.

Image of the black hole M87*

Scientists dig deeper into subject of first-ever image of a black hole

March 24, 2021

Black holes are impossible to observe directly. But researchers like Jason Dexter are probing the hot and violent regions of space that circle these mysterious objects.

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