Colorado River

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder secures $750K to improve drought preparedness in Western US

June 28, 2024

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has earned a major grant to boost drought monitoring and prediction on the Colorado River.

Nhi Tran gives context before beginning the reading to a third grade class

Promoting cultural understanding one storybook at a time

June 26, 2024

Through a Program for Teaching East Asia outreach project, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØstudents bring connections and representation to K-12 classrooms through storybook readings that bridge natural science and East Asian cultures.

Shopping bag.

Why simple products aren’t always the best purchases

June 26, 2024

Consumers often put a premium on simplicity, but that strategy can backfire, found a new study co-authored by Professor Philip Fernbach.

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When economies falter, governors respond similarly, regardless of party

June 26, 2024

A new paper, coauthored by Associate Professor Andrew Philips, suggests partisan divide shrinks among governors who are responding to economic downturns.

An emoji is squeezed by an industrial press in a still from Apple's controversial new ad

Crushing creativity? That’s one way to think different

June 26, 2024

Creator and scholar Steven Frost says a much-hated Apple ad is standing in for a larger conversation about how tech companies build and deploy artificial intelligence.

illustration depicting Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, Johns Hopkins team advances in space weather competition

June 26, 2024

A joint proposal of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has earned a $2 million award for a NASA mission concept study.

Abhi Doddi

Atmospheric research in the most extreme place on Earth: Antarctica

June 25, 2024

Postdoctoral researcher Abhi Doddi is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica.

A gloved hand holds a Covid test

Think you might have COVID? Wait 2 days to test

June 24, 2024

A new Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder study offers insight on how to make a new generation of rapid tests for COVID-19, influenza, RSV and more work best.

Students in classroom listening to a lecture

Quantum Scholars program draws new sponsors from industry, alumni

June 24, 2024

Up to 40 undergraduates will receive a $2,500 fellowship for participating in Quantum Scholars this year, thanks to generous support from new industry and alumni partners.

Satellite labeled "GOES" sits next to a large hangar labeled "NASA" at night time

Space instruments provide early warnings for solar flares

June 21, 2024

On June 25, the last instrument in a series designed and built in Colorado, is scheduled to launch aboard an orbiting satellite. It's part of a program that spots flares leaping out from around the sun before they can cause trouble on Earth.

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