Health
A new survey of 1,700 people taken in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people who watched, read or listened to a lot of conservative media were less likely to get vaccinated. But those who mixed outlets like Fox News with other sources across the ideological spectrum didn't show the same tendencies.
CU Boulder scientists Hannah Ledvina and Aaron Whiteley review the evidence for the bacterial origin of eukaryotic immune pathways.
A new study draws parallels between workplace entrapment and suicide research, revealing how negative job attachment can drive employees to make drastic and emotional decisions.
New CU Boulder research shows that injections of beneficial bacteria can prevent weight gain in animals feasting on a high-fat, high-sugar diet. Scientists hope to bring the specialized probiotic to people in pill form someday.
Three years after the freak Dec. 30 blaze destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, two new studies offer insight into what happens to air quality and health in the aftermath of urban wildfires.
In a study she conducted while a CU Boulder postdoctoral researcher, Elizabeth Holzhausen and colleagues found a link between night-shift work and prostate-cancer risk.
Scientists at CU Boulder are using a mobile laboratory to collect 1,200 breath samples from cannabis users. The collaboration with the National Institutes of Technology could help lead to a reliable cannabis breathalyzer.
Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body’s innate immune response. The findings could lead to new therapies for Long COVID, autoimmune disorders and more.
Being awake when your body thinks you should be sleeping can make you more susceptible to viruses, make your wounds heal more slowly and promote weight gain. And don't even think about driving the day after an all-nighter.
Females sleep less, wake up more often and get less restorative sleep than males, according to a new study. The findings could have broad implications for biomedical sleep research, which for decades has focused primarily on males.