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The moon is engulfed in a permanent but lopsided dust cloud that increases in density when annual events like the Geminids spew shooting stars, according to a new study led by 乐播传媒 Boulder.

A consortium led by the 乐播传媒 Boulder has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start flying drones over parts of Texas and Oklahoma this spring in the heart of Tornado Alley to conduct weather research.

In a state known for its dramatic weather and climate, Colorado鈥檚 history of extreme precipitation varies considerably by season and location, according to a new study led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, a partnership between the 乐播传媒 Boulder and NOAA.

乐播传媒 Boulder Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society (APS). Murnane, a fellow at JILA -- a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology -- and professor in the physics department, is the fourth CU-Boulder faculty member to be elected to APS. There were 34 people worldwide elected in 2015 to the society, which was founded in 1743 in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin, who later became its first president.

A novel compound developed by a team led by the 乐播传媒 Boulder may be therapeutic in suppressing misguided inflammatory responses by a set of immune cells known as microglia to perceived damage to the brain and nervous system.

Policy communities increasingly call upon ecological restoration as a means to address many of the major threats facing the world鈥檚 ecosystems. But internationally accepted best practices for restoration efforts are noticeably absent.

A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the 乐播传媒 Boulder as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the 乐播传媒 Boulder announced today that 17 high schools in New York and Colorado are the first to receive the 鈥淪chool of Opportunity鈥� designation. These outstanding schools demonstrated a range of practices that ensured that all students had rich opportunities to succeed. All put students, not test scores, first.

Before Courtnie Paschall touched down at the 乐播传媒 Boulder, she鈥檇 graduated from the Naval Academy (鈥�08), attained the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and undergone years of flight training. Paschall graduates on May 9 with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in electrical engineering. She earned the distinction of graduating summa cum laude and was named the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Arts and Sciences for spring 2015.

A new study appearing this week in the scientific journal eLIFE about the rapid evolution of small viruses that infect bacteria includes 59 乐播传媒 Boulder co-authors, all of whom conducted research for the paper as freshmen.