Ancient Moon Volcanoes May Supply Future Astronauts With Drinking Water and Rocket Fuel
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions raged on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb’s surface in…
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Graphyne: Long-Hypothesized Next Generation “Wonder Material” Created for First Time
CU Boulder scientists have successfully synthesized graphyne, which has been theorized for decades but never successfully produced. For over a decade, scientists have attempted to…
How Hypersonic Missiles Work and the Significant Threats They Pose
On March 18, 2022, Russia launched a hypersonic missile against a Ukrainian arms depot in the western part of the country. That may sound frightening,…
Palpable Change in Fire Dynamics Confirmed: U.S. Wildfires 4x Larger, 3x More Frequent Since 2000
New analysis confirms a palpable change in fire dynamics already suspected by many. Fires have gotten larger, more frequent, and more widespread across the United…
The Physics of Creepy-Crawly Fire Ant Rafts Could Help Engineers Design Swarming Robots
Fire ants survive floods by forming rafts made up of thousands of wriggling insects. New research reveals how these creepy-crawly lifeboats change shape over time….
A Rocket Is Going To Crash Into the Moon Friday – NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Will Get an Up-Close View of the Smoldering Crater
The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space. On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into…
Extraordinary Microbes Living in Extremely Harsh Volcanic Lake Show How Life Might Have Existed on Mars
Lake is dominated by bacteria from a single ‘extremophile’ genus. A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a…
Alpha, Delta and Now Omicron – 6 Critical Questions Answered As COVID-19 Cases Surge Across the Globe
“The Conversation” Editor’s note: The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has fueled a rapid surge in cases globally. We asked a…
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…
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 COVID-19 pandemic continues in 2021, we must remain vigilant against more contagious variants of the virus that have reached Colorado. Even with the…
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…
