Science & Technology
- Thanks to a CU Next grant, the Data Advocacy for All project will soon provide students with the opportunity to learn how to ethically and effectively use data to raise public awareness and drive social change, according to Laurie Gries, associate professor of writing, rhetoric and communication.
- A newly discovered material structured like a honeycomb can transform from an electrical insulator, like rubber, into an electrical conductor, like metal, in a matter of seconds. Now, researchers at CU «Ƶ think they can explain why.
- With National Science Foundation support, a CU «Ƶ-led initiative aims to attract underrepresented people to geosciences and foster grassroots ideas at the frontier of “inclusive and collaborative science.”
- Researchers from CU Anschutz and CU «Ƶ are developing an artificial intelligence tool to diagnose dementia at earlier stages in an effort to curb its progress and plan more effective treatment options.
- A new CU «Ƶ-led study documents how a durable plastic can be perpetually broken down and remade, without sacrificing its desired physical properties.
- Millions of people died of the coronavirus because institutions and people took too long to recognize it was primarily airborne, and a new study traces back that deadly resistance.
- Across the country this summer, flooding has damaged national parks, cities and communities—and left hundreds of thousands of people without clean water in Jackson, Mississippi. Two CU «Ƶ engineering experts discuss the state of our infrastructure and the impacts of climate change.
- A former CU «Ƶ undergraduate's honors thesis has led to the official recognition of the Chihuahuan meadowlark as a distinct species.
- This month, President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law. The bill is putting new focus on semiconductors—the tiny devices that are in everything from smartphones to laptops and even thermostats.
- Researchers at CU «Ƶ have developed and validated a new sensor for E. coli risk detection that features an impressive 83% accuracy rate when detecting contamination in surface waters.