A green image of M Vaccae under the microscope

Study linking beneficial bacteria to mental health makes top 10 list for brain research

Jan. 5, 2017

Research by integrative physiology professor Christopher Lowry found that injecting mice with a bacteria called Mycobacterium vaccae fended off physical and behavioral signs of stress. Now human studies are underway.

Illustration of a Neanderthal man

The Neanderthal: Smarter than you think

Jan. 3, 2017

Neanderthals get a bad rap. ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ archaeologist Paola Villa is helping set the record straight, suggesting Neanderthals were far more nimble intellectually than they get credit for.

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Diet-mimicking pill could reverse cardiovascular aging

Jan. 3, 2017

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder researchers have successfully reversed vascular dysfunction in aging mice with a dietary supplement. The findings have implications for preventing cardiovascular dysfunction and disease during aging in humans.

A worker is seen with a long pole, painting a flagpole in downtown Denver.

Post-election, Colorado business confidence rallies

Jan. 3, 2017

As uncertainty surrounding the recent election has subsided, the optimism of Colorado business leaders has turned sharply up ahead of the first quarter of 2017, according to a Leeds School report.

Ancient ruins are seen in part of Chaco Canyon.

Ancient Chaco Canyon population likely relied on imported food

Dec. 29, 2016

The ancient Puebloan people, numbered in the thousands, could not have grown enough food where they lived in New Mexico, likely forcing them to import their sustenance, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder scientist has discovered.

Inigo San Milan treating a cyclist with his glycogen testing invention.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ invention serves as muscular 'gas gauge' for Buffs in training

Dec. 28, 2016

A new ultrasound technology developed by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ researchers and used by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder football, track and field, and basketball players, enables athletes to painlessly measure how nourished or depleted their muscles are, real-time, in 15 seconds.

Middle School Ensemble participants with trombones reviewing music

Middle school music program tuning up for the season

Dec. 27, 2016

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder College of Music students are busy fine tuning lesson plans for this year’s ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Middle School Ensemble program, which begins Feb. 1. This program offers an extra-curricular performance opportunity for middle school band, orchestra and choral students.

Jessie Creamean

Smoke, dust from Pacific Northwest fires affect Colorado's air quality

Dec. 27, 2016

During poor air quality days in Denver last year, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder and NOAA scientists found that specks of mineral dust swept into the region along with smoke from Pacific Northwest wildfires. Both smoke and mineral dust have consequences not only for health, but also for climate.

a galapagos tortoise

Studying the distant past in the Galápagos Islands

Dec. 20, 2016

A new study pinpoints when the Galápagos Islands developed their unique ecology.

ring tailed lemur in tree

Ring-tailed lemurs of Madagascar: Going, going, gone?

Dec. 19, 2016

Madagascar's ring-tailed lemurs are in a steep decline because of habitat destruction, bushmeat hunting and illegal capture for the pet trade.

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