Science & Technology
CU-Boulder and the National Weather Service (NWS) want your help investigating large surface hail accumulations from thunderstorms in Colorado between April and September.
CU-Boulder researchers are embarking on a multi-year research project to study and address the psychological concerns of cancer survivors, including elevated anxiety.
High-tech hardware designed and built at the University of Colorado Boulder will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the commercial SpaceX Dragon capsule on Friday, April 8.
Female scientists who have 鈥渇eminine鈥 traits such as longer hair and finer facial features are generally assumed to be non-scientists, a University of Colorado Boulder study has found.
Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. While programs involving monetary incentives to encourage healthy behavior have become more popular in recent years, the evidence has been mixed as to how they can be most effective and how participants fare once the incentives stop, said CU-Boulder doctoral student Casey Gardiner, who led the new study.
<p>Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a quantitative framework for predicting compassionate behavior, a significant step forward in the quest to identify the key psychological processes underlying human compassion.</p>
<p>Rising levels of atmospheric nitrogen pollution threaten plant diversity at nearly one-quarter of sites across a widespread portion of the U.S., according a new study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.</p>
<p>New research may cause parents to think twice before letting their kids drink energy drinks or grande lattes.聽<span>A University of Colorado Boulder study聽</span><span>suggests that consumption of caffeine puts adolescents at risk of suffering anxiety-related jitters long after they stop ingesting it.</span></p>
<p>While many students are enjoying some downtime over spring break, 21 undergraduate researchers at CU-Boulder are building robots, creating data visualization tools and advancing X-ray technology.聽The students are doing this as part of聽<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/bold/spring-break-research">Spring Break for Research</a>, an initiative, now in its second year, that pairs high achieving undergraduate students with graduate student mentors for a week of hands-on research.</p>
<p>A CU-Boulder student team is shooting for the moon and beyond with a tiny satellite under development that has just taken another step closer to launch.聽As one of the top five teams selected by NASA, the team of 10 graduate students will continue developing a small CubeSat satellite about the size of a shoebox called the CU Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) with a $30,000 award from NASA.</p>