a marble bas-relief showing Euripides (seated), a woman holding out a theater mask to him and the god Dionysus

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 22, 2024

²ÊÃñ±¦µä Classics scholars Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gibert identified previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

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Consumers are more tolerant when algorithms drive price discrimination

Aug. 22, 2024

Prices set by age and gender can be contentious. But the practice is seen as more fair if algorithms, not humans, manipulate pricing, research shows.

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Team receives Guinness Book of World Records award for most transparent material

Aug. 22, 2024

Physics Professor and RASEI Fellow Ivan Smalyukh and his lab have set a Guinness world record for developing a transparent aerogel, which will boost thermal insulation in windows, increasing the overall energy efficiency of buildings.

PhD student Kawther Rouabhi helping two high school students troubleshoot their camera.

Giving high school students hands-on STEM experiences

Aug. 22, 2024

Colorado high schoolers got a unique summer experience through a CU Science Discovery program focused on engineering remote sensing.

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Pythons' wild feeding habits could inspire new treatments for heart disease

Aug. 21, 2024

In the 24 hours after a python swallows its massive prey, its heart grows bigger and stronger and its metabolism speeds up fortyfold. Scientists want to know their secret.

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For medieval Iberian queens, love was a dangerous sickness

Aug. 19, 2024

In a newly published history of the region’s female monarchs, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä scholar shows the connections between love, grief and madness.

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Influential media conference becoming a CMCI showcase

Aug. 19, 2024

With multiple best paper awards, CU’s College of Media, Communication and Information is building an impressive reputation at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference.

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Studying the elephant-sized issues of living with elephants

Aug. 19, 2024

In recognition of World Elephant Day, Aug. 12, doctoral student and researcher Tyler Nuckols emphasizes that both groups are important in human-elephant coexistence.

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Low cortisol may play a role in fueling long COVID, study suggests

Aug. 19, 2024

A new animal study shows that exposure to immune-stimulating proteins left behind by COVID-19 leads to lower cortisol, brain inflammation and a heightened reaction to subsequent stressors.

Lindsey Anderson in the lab

Breathing in the Front Range isn’t always easy. Understanding ozone pollution

Aug. 16, 2024

In July, Denver and the northern Front Range failed to meet the national air quality standards for ozone amid a nine-day streak of ozone pollution alerts. Lindsey Anderson, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä atmospheric chemist, offers her perspective on why this is important.

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