Research
Three years ago this week, Colorado recorded its first known cases of COVID-19. A week later, on March 12, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ announced its first positive case and quickly shifted to fully remote classes. Meanwhile, researchers at CU and universities
Recent research from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ may have finally revealed why humans tend to get sick from airborne viral diseases more often in drier environments.Published in December in PNAS-Nexus, the study found that airborne particles carrying a
As one of the first interdisciplinary bioaerosol labs established in the U.S., the Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ is home to one of the biggest bioaerosol chambers in the country at an academic institution
Shelby Buckley has made the research trip of a lifetime – studying the impacts of climate change up close and personal on a five-week trip to the Arctic aboard the Kronprins Haakon icebreaking ship. It offered a unique chance to...
Joe Ryan's research into leaking oil and gas wells is being spotlighted in Denver and nationally.Denver 7 ABC TV interviewed Ryan for a feature on research into groundwater risks from abandoned and gas wells. The station also syndicated the story to
When gas leaks into and contaminates a household water well near an oil and gas drilling site, there is always a question of where it came from. Is it from a failure in the drilling or was the gas migrating naturally? New research in the...
On Dec. 30, 2021, one of the most destructive wildfires on record in Colorado swept through neighborhoods just a few miles from the University of Colorado Boulder. The flames destroyed over 1,000 buildings, yet some houses were still completely
On Dec. 30, 2021, a quick-moving, grass-fueled wildfire in suburban Boulder County became the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. It burned 6,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and damaged thousands of others.Hundreds of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ
Put people in poorly ventilated rooms, where coronavirus-containing aerosols are trapped in the air with nowhere to go, and their risk of getting COVID-19 skyrockets. Research has shown that you can decrease the risk by ventilating the room and
Thanks to new ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ research, scientists see the impact of flushing the toilet in a whole new light—and now, the world can as well.Using bright green lasers and camera equipment, a team of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ engineers ran an experiment to reveal how