Science & Technology
- Learn how a team of CU doctoral students produced the first chromosome-level reference genome for humpback whales.
- CU «Ƶ researchers have demonstrated how gaps in taxonomical knowledge hinder conservation efforts.
- CU «Ƶ researchers use a unique, noninvasive method to determine the environmental factors contributing to several symptoms among tropical fish.
- Colorado has big quantum chops, but is the workforce ready? A new quantum workforce roadmap led by CU «Ƶ lays out a bold and inclusive plan for Colorado and the Mountain West.
- Quantum physicists at CU «Ƶ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are paving the way for new kinds of optical atomic clocks, devices that track the passage of time by measuring the natural “ticking” of atoms.
- Two longtime friends, CU «Ƶ’s Abbie Liel and Notre Dame’s Susan Ostermann, are leading a study on resilient housing in disaster-prone areas including Maui, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Their research combines Liel’s expertise in structural engineering with Ostermann’s background in political science and law.
- Bridget Barrett, a College of Media, Communication and Information expert, offers advice on taking back your phone this election season.
- Colorado’s burgeoning role in the quantum revolution was in the spotlight as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made an official visit to CU «Ƶ and JILA, a joint institute of CU «Ƶ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- If there’s anything that unites humans, it’s kicking back with a cool pint, says Travis Rupp, also known as the “Beer Archaeologist.” He weighs in on the age-old practice in the inaugural edition of CUriosity, a new series from CU «Ƶ Today.
- A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis—which, among other claims, suggests that humans first domesticated horses as early as the fourth millennium B.C.