Amy Palmer

Biomedical research lands CU-Boulder prof coveted award for $3.7 million from NIH

Oct. 9, 2014

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder Associate Professor Amy Palmer of the BioFrontiers Institute was awarded a coveted Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health this week, a five-year, $3.7 million grant made to select researchers showing exceptional creativity in solving pressing biomedical and behavioral research problems.

Ganymede, courtesy of NASA

NASA awards CU-Boulder-led team $7 million to study origins, evolution of life in universe

Oct. 7, 2014

NASA has awarded a team led by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder more than $7 million to study aspects of the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

Novel technology used to make restorative dental material developed at CU-Boulder

Oct. 1, 2014

A novel dental restorative material that should make life easier for dental care experts and their patients, which is based on technology developed by a team of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder engineers, was unveiled Oct. 1 by the 3M Company.

Stunning variety of microbes in Central Park soils mirrors global microbial diversity

Sept. 30, 2014

Soil microbes that thrive in the deserts, rainforests, prairies and forests of the world can also be found living beneath New York City’s Central Park, according to a surprising new study led by Colorado State University and the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder. The research team analyzed 596 soil samples collected from across Central Park’s 843 acres and discovered a stunning diversity of below-ground life, most of which had never been documented before.

A view of the Fourmile Canyon Fire

Colorado’s Front Range fire severity today not much different than in past, says CU-Boulder study

Sept. 24, 2014

The perception that Colorado’s Front Range wildfires are becoming increasingly severe does not hold much water scientifically, according to a massive new study led by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder and Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif.

State policies are effective in reducing power plant emissions, CU-Boulder-led analysis finds

Sept. 23, 2014

A new study led by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder found that different strategies used by states to reduce power plant emissions -- direct ones such as emission caps and indirect ones like encouraging renewable energy -- are both effective. The study is the first analysis of its kind.

Bruce Montgomery

Visiting Kurdish delegation to receive Iraqi secret police documents from CU-Boulder human rights archive

Sept. 22, 2014

A Kurdish delegation will visit the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder campus Sept. 29 and 30 to deliver a public talk on the political situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and receive an electronic copy of important documents captured by Kurdish rebels in 1991 but removed from Iraq for safekeeping and analysis.

NASA mission led by CU-Boulder achieves Martian orbit Sept. 21

Sept. 21, 2014

The spacecraft for a NASA mission to probe the climate history of Mars led by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder slid seamlessly into orbit at about 8:24 p.m. MDT on Sunday, Sept. 21, the last major hurdle of the 10-month, 442-million-mile journey.

Fall aspen tree colors setting up for prime time, says CU-Boulder prof

Sept. 19, 2014

The gradual fall cooling on Colorado’s Front Range this September is helping to set up what could well be a prime-time show of gold, yellow and red leaves in the region’s aspen forests, according to a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder plant ecologist.

Genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter to give free talk at CU-Boulder on Sept. 29

Sept. 18, 2014

Pioneering genomics researcher J. Craig Venter—best known for leading the privately funded team that sequenced the first human genome—will give a keynote talk at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder on Sept. 29 about the scientific potential of and future products derived from “synthetic life.â€

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