The self-organization properties of DNA-like molecular fragments four billion years ago may have guided their own growth into repeating chemical chains long enough to act as a basis for primitive life, says a new study by the 乐播传媒 Boulder and the University of Milan.
A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the 乐播传媒 Boulder have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place within the moon Enceladus.
The eastern coastline of Mexico鈥檚 Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago, says a new study involving Mexico鈥檚 Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the 乐播传媒 Boulder.
Two students and two faculty members from the 乐播传媒 community have been named recipients of the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award, among the highest honors given at CU, the state鈥檚 largest institution of higher education.
Two 乐播传媒 Boulder programs that teach kids to code have received Google RISE Awards to support their efforts to attract girls and underrepresented minorities to computer science. The two programs are the Scalable Game Design project, which hooks kids on coding by empowering them to build their own video games, and AspireIT, which connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing.
The 乐播传媒 Boulder is ranked No. 6 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 62 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. In the annual Top Colleges list, CU-Boulder has held a position in the top eight nationally among large institutions for the past 13 years, ranking in the top three for nine of those years. CU-Boulder also has been the state leader among Colorado institutions of similar size each year since 2003.
While you might think a person shaking her phone or tablet from side to side is having issues with the device, she might actually be playing a game that has her mimicking a steering wheel motion as part of a language lesson. The game Nano Nano for mobile devices, created by two 乐播传媒 Boulder graduate students and released last week, is the first app to incorporate gesturing with language learning -- for good reason.
The 乐播传媒 Association of Colorado (TAC) and the 乐播传媒 Boulder will co-host a campus visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Oct. 20 and 21, 2015, both groups announced today. A schedule of events at CU-Boulder is still being finalized. The schedule and ticket information will be announced in the months ahead.
Two new studies involving the 乐播传媒 Boulder and the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia have identified a unique molecule that not only gobbles up bad cells, but also has the ability to repair damaged nerve cells.
Six members of the 乐播传媒 Boulder School of Education faculty were recognized in the 鈥淓du-Scholar Public Influence Rankings鈥� released today as being among the nation鈥檚 top 200 researchers whose scholarship bridges academic and public audiences.
