Research
- Scientists have found what may be the universe’s lost sock at the back of the dryer—answering a long-running mystery that astrophysicists have dubbed the “missing baryon problem.”
- Middle-to-older aged women who are naturally early to bed and early to rise are significantly less likely to develop depression, according to a new study by researchers at ˛ĘĂń±¦µä and the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
- Two young faculty scientists at ˛ĘĂń±¦µä are among seven Colorado researchers who have won $1.41 million in total funding from the Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Awards program.
- Can probiotics fend off mood disorders? It's too early to say with scientific certainty, but a new study suggests that a beneficial bacteria can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain, making it more resilient to stress.
- New ˛ĘĂń±¦µä-led research shows that three major “switches” affecting wildfire—fuel, aridity and ignition—were either flipped on and/or kept on longer than expected last year, triggering one of the largest and costliest U.S. wildfire seasons in recent decades.
- Recent advances in veterinary research have suggested that if your dog has cancer, it’s possible you might, too, thanks to toxins in your shared environment. But that research might not tell the whole story, according to new findings.
- Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system—and not a mysterious ninth planet—may explain the the dynamics of strange bodies called “detached objects,” according to a new study.
- Paul W. Kroll, professor of Chinese at ˛ĘĂń±¦µä, has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society, becoming the fifth member ever of the university’s faculty—and the first from the humanities—to gain this recognition.
- Glacial retreat in cold, high-altitude ecosystems exposes environments that are extremely sensitive to phosphorus input, new ˛ĘĂń±¦µä-led research shows.
- Caroline Grego, who is pursuing her PhD in history at ˛ĘĂń±¦µä, has won a prestigious fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.