Students working on a research project on the CU Boulder campus.

Mapping the Milky Way in a can of olive oil

May 23, 2023

Assistant Professor Meredith MacGregor and National Institute of Standards and Technology Physicist Jake Connors taught their graduate students how to build and use radio horn antennas to locate neutral hydrogen in space.

Old Main on CU Boulder Campus

University of Colorado soars into top 5 for launching startups

May 23, 2023

The University of Colorado is a national leader in startup creation with a growing suite of entrepreneurial resources giving innovative researchers opportunities to spin ideas into businesses.

Researchers on skis collect snow measurements near the Continental Divide in Colorado

Earlier snowpack melt in the West could bring summer water scarcity

May 22, 2023

Snow is melting earlier, and more rain is falling instead of snow in the mountain ranges of the Western U.S. and Canada, leading to a leaner snowpack that could impact agriculture, wildfire risk and municipal water supplies come summer, according to a new CU Boulder analysis.

Abstract blue rings.

New seed grants bring quantum out of the lab, into the marketplace

May 18, 2023

CU Boulder has long been recognized as a global leader in quantum research and education. A new grant, awarded recently by the State of Colorado’s Economic Development Commission, takes that one step further by investing in the “quantum ecosystem” across the state.

Jay Parry speaks at the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business Recognition ceremony

‘Be the ones who do’: Leeds grads urged to create meaningful impact

May 18, 2023

Recognition ceremony speakers shared perspectives on teamwork and leadership amid complexity and challenges as the Leeds School of Business's Class of 2023 headed into the business world.

Don Grant

Sociologist explores the spiritual side of nurses’ care

May 18, 2023

Don Grant’s new book takes readers inside a hospital where nurses and others tending to patients are navigating between science and spirituality.

Artist's depiction of a planet covered in volcanoes

Newly discovered planet is the size of Earth, but may be covered in volcanoes

May 17, 2023

A team of astrophysicists, including two researchers from CU Boulder, have caught a glimpse of a new and rocky planet called LP 791-18d. There, temperatures on the dayside could climb to more than 250 degrees Fahrenheit, while volcanoes blast the planet's surface.

Saturn's rings partially in shadow

How old are Saturn’s rings? Far younger than once thought, according to new study

May 12, 2023

New research led by Sascha Kempf of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder finds that Saturn's rings are no more than 400 million years old. That's much younger than Saturn itself, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago.

People on rice terraces

The number of farms in the world is declining, here’s why it matters to you

May 11, 2023

New University of Colorado Boulder research shows the number of farms globally will shrink in half as the size of the average existing farms doubles by the end of the 21st century, posing significant risks to the world’s food systems.

Teacher working with small child

Public and community-engaged scholarship springs into action

May 10, 2023

Community Impact Grants and Micro Grants that were awarded this spring will positively impact science, music, literacy, ethics, and math education in Colorado K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. Also funded were a community college research partnership, as well as arts and humanities programming.

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