Professor Nabil Echchaibi on KGNU radio

Religion in the digital age focus of new research

May 18, 2017

The Center for Media, Religion and Culture (CMRC) at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has been awarded $500,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to explore the changing nature of religious scholarship in the digital age.

Illustration of Van Allen barrier shrouding Earth

Probes spot human-made barrier shrouding Earth

May 17, 2017

Humans have long been shaping Earth’s landscape, but we can shape our near-space environment as well. A certain type of radio communications have been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. Watch the video.

Solar flare

CU space weather instrument installed on commercial satellite

May 17, 2017

A ²ÊÃñ±¦µä-built instrument that will provide unprecedented imaging of Earth’s upper atmosphere has been installed on a commercial satellite that will carry it into geostationary orbit some 22,000 miles above the Earth.

CU Contemporary Dance Works performs on stage

CU's oldest outreach program steps up access to dance

May 16, 2017

CU Contemporary Dance Works has strengthened its outreach efforts by establishing residencies and developing long-term plans for partnership in communities underserved by the arts.

Sabrina Spencer

Some mother cells kick DNA damage 'down the road' to offspring

May 16, 2017

A new study shows for the first time that some human cells with DNA damage are passed to offspring cells without repairing them, essentially kicking the can down the road. The study has implications for both cancer and aging.

Traffic jam

Diesels pollute more than tests detect; excess emissions kill 38,000 yearly

May 15, 2017

A new study co-authored by ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researchers has found diesel trucks, buses and cars emit 4.6-million tons more harmful nitrogen-oxide than standards permit. Higher standards and improved emissions tests could save lives, the authors say.

sleeping baby

What a baby hears while asleep matters more than previously thought

May 10, 2017

What an infant hears during sleep has an immediate and profound impact on his or her brain activity, potentially shaping language learning later in life, suggests a new ²ÊÃñ±¦µä study of slumbering babies. The research could result in better options for babies with hearing impairment.

A passenger jet aloft

Frequent flyers beware: Radiation risk may be on the rise

May 9, 2017

A heads-up for commercial air crews and other frequent fliers: The risk of exposure to radiation particles screaming Earthward from space may increase a bit in the next few years as the activity of our sun decreases, says a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor.

Annual Artocade art car festival in Trinidad district

²ÊÃñ±¦µä assists state's creative districts

April 28, 2017

Colorado Creative Industries, a government division that encourages economic growth through the arts, has tapped ²ÊÃñ±¦µä experts to help analyze the program's impact.

a forest shrouded in fog

Long-term fate of tropical forests may not be so dire

April 28, 2017

Conventional wisdom has held that tropical forest growth will dramatically slow with increasing levels of rainfall. But ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researchers have turned that notion on its head with an unprecedented review of data concluding the opposite.

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