Gregory Formosa inspects Endoculus

A robot may one day perform your colonoscopy

May 28, 2019

CU Boulder researchers are taking a page from “The Magic School Bus” and journeying inside the human body using a new, versatile robot to navigate the squishy and often-unpredictable terrain of the intestine.

Lupita Montoya and Aaron Lamplugh

Colorado nail salon workers face chronic air pollution, elevated cancer risk

May 7, 2019

Colorado nail salon employees face increased health risks due to high levels of indoor airborne pollutants akin to an oil refinery or an auto garage.

Physics laboratory

32 graduate students win prestigious NSF fellowships

April 15, 2019

​The National Science Foundation has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to 32 CU Boulder students.

Apple and donut.

SpongeBob is not why your child likes junk food, new study shows

March 25, 2019

Researchers have found cartoon characters did not make a difference in children's choices between junk food and healthy food.

An alpine landscape in Colorado.

Alpine tundra releases long-frozen CO2

March 21, 2019

Thawing permafrost in high-altitude mountain ecosystems may be a stealthy, underexplored contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions.

Lights from space

Popular network theory debunked

March 4, 2019

A new study debunks a popular, two-decade-old theory about the shape of networks.

Shalaya Kipp conducts a treadmill study in the Locomotion Lab at CU

Slower runners benefit most from high-tech shoes, other elite methods

Feb. 11, 2019

How much do high-tech shoes, special diets and exercises, drafting behind other runners and other strategies actually improve your finish time? A new study spells it out. The takeaway: The faster you are, the harder it is to get faster.

Interim Dean of the Graduate School Leslie Reynolds

Campus Q&A: Interim dean brings cooperative approach to the job

Jan. 22, 2019

Leslie Reynolds, previously dean of University Libraries, discusses her background, philosophy and the unique, interdisciplinary perspective she brings to her new position.

Corn

Genetically modified food opponents know less than they think, research finds

Jan. 11, 2019

The people who hold the most extreme views opposing genetically modified foods think they know most about them, but actually know the least, according to new research.

Mice galaxies

‘Missing’ galactic mergers come to light with new technique

Jan. 8, 2019

Galaxy mergers aren’t always easy for astronomers to spot. Now, scientists from CU Boulder have developed a new technique for finding these cosmic couplings.

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