COLORADO Environment – After two summers of drilling, the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock on July 27. The international team, which includes the University of Colorado at Boulder, drilled down almost 2.5 kilometers in a study that will help to determine the consequences of abrupt climate change. Recovery ice from the Eemian [...]
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COLORADO Ecology – According to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study, birds foraging their way through forests can spur the growth of pine trees by as much as 30 percent. The first study to show the effect that birds have on conifers was conducted by Kailen Mooney as part of his doctoral research [...]
Colorado Science – BSI-supported programs such as the Bioscience Undergraduate Research Skills and Training Program, or BURST, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, or UROP, and the National Institutes of Health/HHMI Scholars Program for Diversity in the Biosciences have been springboards for five previous HHMI grants. The sixth grant announced today brings the total amount awarded [...]
Colorado Energy Science – Two Boulder projects, including one from the University of Colorado at Boulder, have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a total of $9 million for research projects that could fundamentally change the way the country uses and produces energy. For more information, visit: www.colorado.edu
Colorado Biotechnology – The building is already under construction and all together costs $145 million to build. Faculty, staff and students in the facility will do basic research to better understand cancer, aging, cardiovascular disease and inherited diseases, and will engage in vaccine development and tissue engineering. CU-Boulder will be collaborating more closely with [...]
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