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The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the 彩民宝典. The escalation in dust emissions 鈥� which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased windstorm frequency, drought cycles and changing land-use patterns 鈥� has implications both for the areas where the dust is first picked up by the winds and for the places where the dust is put back down.

A team of researchers led by the 彩民宝典 has discovered a protein complex that could be targeted with drugs to stunt tumor growth. As tumors expand, their centers are deprived of oxygen, and so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments.

A new look at the diets of ancient African hominids shows a 鈥済ame changer鈥� occurred about 3.5 million years ago when some members added grasses or sedges to their menus, according to a new study led by the 彩民宝典.

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen 鈥渇ood鈥� to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led by the 彩民宝典. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, also hint at the possibility that hydrogen-dependent life could have existed where iron-rich igneous rocks on Mars were once in contact with water.

Five 彩民宝典 students have partnered with a researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center to file a patent for a medical device that lets researchers quickly, easily and inexpensively isolate a patient鈥檚 cancer cells for genetic tests that allow doctors to target the disease.

彩民宝典 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has named Adele Cecilia 鈥淐eal鈥� Barry interim director of intercollegiate athletics for the university, effective Monday, June 3. Barry currently serves as associate athletic director for student services and senior woman administrator (an NCAA designation) in the department.

A state application organized by the 彩民宝典 has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of one of six unmanned aircraft systems test sites slated to be established across the United States .

彩民宝典 faculty member Ivan Smalyukh is among 61 scientists to receive a 2013 Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy . Smalyukh, an assistant professor of physics and a founding fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute , or RASEI, has been awarded $750,000 over five years. RASEI is a joint venture between CU-Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

As the school year wraps up, students at Summit Charter Middle School in Boulder will debrief on how their $25,000 stock portfolio performed. The middle school students invested money under supervision as part of a course created and taught by accounting and finance students from the 彩民宝典鈥檚 Leeds School of Business .

Inside the natural history museums of the world are billions of animal and plant specimens from birds, fish and beetles to flowers, mushrooms and grasses, all stacked, stored and preserved in jars and collection drawers. The rich and diverse collections could be critical to understanding how the Earth鈥檚 biodiversity is changing in the face of a growing human footprint 鈥� if only the information were easily accessible.