Cigarette smoking, burning forests and even cooking fires all release a chemical compound not previously known to exist in significant quantities in smoke and which may have potential human health impacts, says a new study involving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.
A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that a novel ²ÊÃñ±¦µä method of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight is the only approach among eight competing technologies that is projected to meet future cost targets set by the federal agency.
Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class, according to a University of British Columbia study involving ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman that is being published today in Science.
Two faculty members from the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
After six years of helping operate NASA spacecraft and satellites, Andrew Poppe will receive his doctoral degree in physics from the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä on May 6.
To honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, Boulder sisters and ²ÊÃñ±¦µä alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas have donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at CU-Boulder.
An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting a set of powerful jaws and huge molars that earned it the nickname "Nutcracker Man" likely didn't crack nuts at all, preferring instead to slurp up vast quantities of grasses and sedges, says a new study.
Harvey Segur, a professor of applied mathematics at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, has been selected to receive the 2011 Hazel Barnes Prize, the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university.
While wind turbines primarily are a source of renewable energy, they also produce wakes of invisible ripples that can affect the atmosphere and influence wind turbines downstream -- an issue being researched in a newly launched study led by the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä's Julie Lundquist, assistant professor in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department.