International graduate students group photo at Farrand Field

International grad students study frontiers of particle theory in Boulder

July 30, 2024

The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI) recently concluded its 40th year, bringing 65 students from around the world to Boulder to delve into the 鈥淔rontiers of Particle Theory.鈥�

A concept drawing of CEDA, a Rubik's cube-sized dust analyzer

LASP team awarded NASA technology grant to develop dust analyzer

July 30, 2024

NASA has awarded $1 million to a team led by LASP and CU Boulder physics scientist Xu Wang to develop a Rubik鈥檚 cube-sized instrument capable of measuring the speed, size and charge of tiny dust particles on small rocky bodies.

A view of a burned neighborhood in Lousiville,CO after the Marshall Fire.

Wildfires don鈥檛 just burn. They can also pollute aquatic ecosystems

July 29, 2024

CU Boulder chemist Lauren Magliozzi shares her findings from the devastating Marshall Fire, detailing the fire's impact on aquatic ecosystems.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 26, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, CU Boulder scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

Heather Stewart

Prescribing kindness in modern medicine

July 26, 2024

In her new book 鈥淢icroaggressions in Medicine,鈥� CU Boulder alumna and bioethicist Heather Stewart writes that some health care professionals are causing emotional and psychological harm.

Icebergs in the Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland's 鈥榝irn鈥�

July 26, 2024

A new CU Boulder study has found disproportionate effects of temperature shifts on an icy glacier layer.

A research assistant at the the German National Metrology Institute studies an atomic clock

Unequal access to quantum education may limit progress in this emerging field

July 24, 2024

Universities are beginning to investigate quantum information science education to develop a workforce ready for the technology, and now is the time to improve access. Read from CU experts Bethany Wilcox and Josephine Meyer on The Conversation.

iron ore deposits in Australia

Australia鈥檚 largest iron ore deposits 1 billion years younger than previously thought

July 24, 2024

How did Australia end up with so much iron ore? What researchers discovered in Western Australia redefines how we think about iron deposits鈥攁nd provides clues on how we might find more. Read from CU expert Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.

A man and two women stick post-it notes on white sheets of paper hanging from the wall

Student curiosity drives new open-source science curricula

July 24, 2024

A coalition of educators from 10 states and led by CU Boulder has released a new series of free science curricula for high school students鈥攖ouching on issues critical to the lives of young people, from wildfires to rising sea levels and cancer biology.

Eurogang Program of Research team outside the the Institute of Behavioral Science

Institute of Behavioral Science hosts workshop on gang research

July 24, 2024

Last month, the Eurogang Program of Research held their 22nd annual workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science in Boulder for the first time. Nearly 50 researchers from 11 countries attended.

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