Iodine in Desert Dust Destroys Ozone – Could Prolong Greenhouse Gas Lifetimes
New CU Boulder study shows iodine from desert dust can decrease ozone air pollution but could prolong greenhouse gas lifetimes. When winds loft fine desert…
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Is COVID-19 Here To Stay? Biologists Explain What It Means for a Virus To Become Endemic
Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many…
Massive Scorching-Hot Plasma Blast: A Sun-Like Star May Hold Dire Warnings for Life on Earth
Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of lightyears from Earth have, for the first time, observed a troubling fireworks show: A star, named…
Rainfall in Arctic Will Soon Be More Common Than Snowfall – Decades Earlier Than Thought
Changes will happen decades earlier than previously thought. More rain than snow will fall in the Arctic and this transition will occur decades earlier than…
Shortages, High Prices, and Empty Shelves: How the Supply Chain Became So Fractured
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues have rattled consumers and the businesses they frequent. From Clorox wipes to semiconductors to computer…
Don’t Throw It Away Yet: Reusable Cloth Masks Hold Up After a Year of Washing, Drying
Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works. New study also confirms that layering a cotton mask on top of a surgical mask—properly fit…
COVID Protection: 10 Tips To Test and Tweak Your Mask
As the pandemic continues in 2021, we must remain vigilant against more contagious variants of the virus that have reached Colorado. Even with the rollout…
How a Tangled Protein Kills Brain Cells, Promotes Alzheimer’s Disease
Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and…
Directed Energy Weapons Shoot Painful but Non-Lethal Beams – Is Similar Technology Behind the Havana Syndrome?
The latest episodes of so-called Havana syndrome, a series of unexplained ailments afflicting U.S. and Canadian diplomats and spies, span the globe. They include two…
Rethinking What Causes Pain: Psychological Treatment Shown To Yield Strong, Lasting Pain Relief
Two thirds of patients found relief; benefits lasted one year. Rethinking what causes pain and how great of a threat it is can provide chronic…
Exploring Alien Planets: New Cereal Box-Sized Spacecraft Has Mighty Goals
A new miniature satellite designed and built at CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is providing proof that “cute” things can take on…
Physicists Solve a Perplexing Nano-Scale Mystery That Could Help Prevent Overheating in Electronics
A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing phenomenon in the nano realm: why some ultra-small heat sources cool…
400,000 Years Ago, Ancient Humans Turned Elephant Remains Into a Surprising Array of Bone Tools
Ancient humans could do some impressive things with elephant bones. In a new study, University of Colorado Boulder archaeologist Paola Villa and her colleagues surveyed…
Martian Dust Storms Play a Huge Role in Drying Out the Red Planet
Mars scientists have long suspected that the Red Planet, which was once warm and wet like Earth, has lost most of its water to outer…
New Quantum Stopwatch With Ultrafast “Time Lens” Can Improve Imaging Technologies
Researchers at CU Boulder have designed one of the most precise stopwatches yet—not for timing Olympic sprinters and swimmers but for counting single photons, or…
The Sun’s “Convective Conundrum” Solved? Scientists Inch Closer to Cracking Mysteries of Space Weather
New research from University of Colorado at Boulder, could help scientists better understand the phenomena behind ‘sunspots’. The sun has long intrigued scientists. However, this…
Virus Mutation-Mapping Tool Could Yield Stronger COVID Boosters and Universal Vaccines
Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a platform that can quickly identify common mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allow it to escape antibodies and…
“Great Unconformity” Puzzle: Geologists Dig Into Grand Canyon’s Mysterious Gap in Time
A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known geologic features: A…