What an infant hears during sleep has an immediate and profound impact on his or her brain activity, potentially shaping language learning later in life, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study of slumbering babies. The research could result in better options for babies with hearing impairment.
A heads-up for commercial air crews and other frequent fliers: The risk of exposure to radiation particles screaming Earthward from space may increase a bit in the next few years as the activity of our sun decreases, says a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder professor.
Colorado Creative Industries, a government division that encourages economic growth through the arts, has tapped ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder experts to help analyze the program's impact.
Conventional wisdom has held that tropical forest growth will dramatically slow with increasing levels of rainfall. But ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder researchers have turned that notion on its head with an unprecedented review of data concluding the opposite.
As Congress determines the funding levels for the federal science agencies for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, a new report highlights 102 spin-off companies – three from the University of Colorado Boulder – that demonstrate how investments in basic scientific research benefit the overall economy.
NASA's Cassini mission, carrying a $12 million ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder instrument, is ending, but not before the spacecraft performs several dives between Saturn and its rings from now until September, when it will run out of fuel and vaporize.
Both Housing & Dining Services and Facilities Management are incorporating into their weed-management practices machinery that uses saturated steam to control weeds in landscape beds and natural areas.
Wind and precipitation play a crucial role in advancing or delaying the breeding cycles of North American tree swallows, according to the results of a new ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder study.
A new ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder-led study of 40 recently brokenhearted men and women found that a placebo disguised as an emotionally soothing medicine eased their heartbreak and quieted areas of the brain related to rejection.
A group of second-graders has offered input on what's important to them when riding the bus—suggestions that are coming to fruition in a Boulder revitalization project. The children were involved through Growing Up Boulder, an initiative at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Community Engagement, Design and Research Center.
