The crystal structure of a layer of graphyne, not to be confused with graphene. Credit: Yiming Hu CU Boulder scientists have successfully synthesized graphyne, which…
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Hypersonic missiles can change course to avoid detection and anti-missile defenses. Credit: U.S. Air Force On March 18, 2022, Russia launched a hypersonic missile against…
This is a 2013 photo of the Alder Fire in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Mike Lewelling, National Park Service New analysis confirms a palpable change…
Fire ants survive floods by forming rafts made up of thousands of wriggling insects. New research reveals how these creepy-crawly lifeboats change shape over time.…
Artist’s animation of a rocket booster crashing into the moon. The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space. On March…
The extremely harsh Laguna Caliente lake in the crater of the Poás volcano, Costa Rica. Credit: Justin Wang Lake is dominated by bacteria from a…
The list of SARS-CoV-2 variants – each with its own unique qualities that give it an edge – just keeps growing. “The Conversation” Editor’s note:…
Atacama desert photographed from the airplane. Credit: Sam Hall New CU Boulder study shows iodine from desert dust can decrease ozone air pollution but could…
The best way to stop a contagious virus like COVID-19 is through a worldwide vaccination program. Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible…
This magnificent coronal mass ejection from our sun occured in 2012. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of…
Two layers of ice in deep snow following the rain-on-snow events of November 2006. Credit: Photo courtesy of Florian Stammler Changes will happen decades earlier…
Since the onset of the COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory…
Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works. New study also confirms that layering a cotton mask on top of a surgical mask—properly fit…
As the pandemic continues in 2021, we must remain vigilant against more contagious variants of the virus that have reached Colorado. Even with the rollout…
Abnormal levels of beta-amyloid protein in the brain form plaques (brown in this illustration) between neurons, disrupting cells. Tau protein can form tangles (blue) within…
The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate Active Denial System is a counter-personnel, non-lethal, directed energy weapon. Traveling at the speed of light, the…
Two thirds of patients found relief; benefits lasted one year. Rethinking what causes pain and how great of a threat it is can provide chronic…
A laser heats up ultra-thin bars of silicon. Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing…
Bone tools excavated from Castel di Guido in Italy. Credit: Villa et al. 2021 PLOS ONE Ancient humans could do some impressive things with elephant…
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this closeup image of a “fresh” (on a geological scale, though…