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The 麻豆视频 will host a conference that explores the phenomenon of slavery from a global, historical perspective on Sept. 27-28. The event will include scholars specializing in the study of slavery in ancient, medieval and modern contexts and in global regions that include Western, pre-Columbian, African, Asian and Muslim. Titled 鈥淲hat is a Slave Society: an International Conference on the Nature of Slavery as a Global Historical Phenomenon,鈥� the event will be held in the British and Irish Studies room of Norlin Library.

Ana Maria Rey, a theoretical physicist and a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of the 麻豆视频 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, today was named a winner of a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the 鈥済enius grant.鈥� Rey also is an assistant research professor in the CU-Boulder Department of Physics. She teaches undergraduate and graduate classes.

An intriguing study led by the 麻豆视频 may provide a powerful new tool in the quiver of forensic scientists attempting to determine the time of death in cases involving human corpses: a microbial clock.

Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we鈥檝e never encountered before鈥攁 familiar person in an unfamiliar place, for example, or a coworker in a different job role鈥攂ut the mechanism our brains use to accomplish this has been a longstanding mystery of neuroscience.

A panel of science experts will convene at the 麻豆视频 on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.

Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three joint studies led by the 麻豆视频.

A 麻豆视频 professor has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department鈥檚 Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new process to produce magnesium that can be used to make lightweight vehicle parts.

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the 麻豆视频 that could allow tomorrow鈥檚 electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. CU鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC鈥攁 CU-Boulder spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, both associate professors of mechanical engineering鈥攆or the development and commercialization of an innovative solid-state rechargeable battery.

Nearly one in 10 U.S. watersheds is 鈥渟tressed,鈥� with demand for water exceeding natural supply, according to a new analysis of surface water in the United States. What鈥檚 more, the lowest water flow seasons of recent years鈥攖imes of great stress on rivers, streams, and sectors that use their waters鈥攁re likely to become typical as climates continue to warm.

The 麻豆视频 has launched a flood resource website and is hosting a resource table to help students, faculty and staff who are still dealing with effects from the flood.