Two CU Boulder history professors received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, with projects in Elizabethan politics and the emancipation of Africans taken during the outlawed slave trade in the 1800s.
Turns out, it took a physicist to unlock some key findings about how cells actually divide, and Robert Blackwell, who recently received his PhD in biological physics from the 麻豆视频, apparently stepped up to the plate in a big way.
When Matthew Keller found he could not duplicate his own 2012 study that tied inbreeding to the chances of developing schizophrenia in a more-powerful secondary study, he wanted to make sure the scientific record was clear.
CU Boulder and SuviCa recently received a patent for a promising chemical, SVC112, which helps prevent regrowth of cancer cells following radiation exposure. The chemical was originally identified through lab research with fruit flies 鈥� a process that is being shared with undergraduate students 鈥� and its synthesis helped create a collaborative pipeline for cross-disciplinary work through CU鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office.
Thanks to a team of undergraduate students, the 麻豆视频 now has an innovative new iPad app for kids, extending the international educational footprint of the PhET Interactive Simulations project and its award-winning collection of science and math simulations.
"What does forest management do to the frequency, size and intensity of wildfires? What happens when people think about the impact of their houses on forests and forest fires? Does it change the rate they build housing (and the type of materials they use) in the wildland urban interface?" Researchers grapple with these questions.
鈥淭he results of two experiments demonstrate that people underestimate how much a brief group discussion polarizes their partisan attitudes,鈥� Keating said in her study summary. But perhaps worse, people appear to be unaware when this occurs.
In what may be a first-ever exhaustive health study of intercollegiate student-athletes, a team of CU Boulder researchers will gauge not only athletes鈥� fitness but also their general well-being.
Many have felt the jitters of too much caffeine, but new evidence suggests that such consumption puts adolescents at risk of suffering those symptoms on a daily basis, even after discontinuing use, according to a 麻豆视频 study published in the February edition of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
