This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere over the south pole. Green and white false colors represent the intensity of…
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Lidar shooting into the Antarctic night sky, Arrival Heights Observatory. Credit: Danny Hampton, Ian Geraghty, Zimu Li A University of Colorado Boulder-led team is the…
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher,…
The colors in this newly discovered phase of liquid crystal shift as researchers apply a small electric field. Credit: SMRC Researchers at the University of…
Tinting allows for more natural light through home windows while still maintaining privacy and has positive implications for energy reduction and HVAC control in the…
A hiker walks along a road near Manitou Springs, Colorado, where an exposed outcrop shows a feature known as the “Great Unconformity.”Credit: Rebecca Flowers A…
70% of all cataloged objects are in low-Earth orbit (LEO), which extends to 2000 km above the Earth’s surface. To observe the Earth, spacecraft must…
An international team of researchers has developed a new mathematical tool that could help scientists to deliver more accurate predictions of how diseases, including COVID-19,…
This image shows sediment-rich sea ice in the Transpolar Drift Stream. A crane lowers two researchers from the decks of the icebreaker RV Polarstern to…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8, 2019, the lowest maximum…
This photograph shows green photosynthetic cyanobacteria growing and mineralizing in the sand-hydrogel framework. The living material has similar strength to cement-base mortar. Credit: College of…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA. A so-called “ALMA disk” as seen in infrared light around distant stars. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NSF Scientists,…
A visualization of the FACT protein. Credit: Liu et al. 2019 Scientists Now Know What DNA’s Chaperone Looks Like Researchers have discovered the structure of…
How facial analysis sees you. Credit: Morgan Klaus Scheuerman/CU Boulder Services often mischaracterize trans and non-binary individuals. With a brief glance at a single face,…
Tropical convection between Fiji and New Zealand from the NASA DC-8 during the Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission on February 5, 2017. Credit: Samuel Hall/National Center…
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people—more than the death toll during…
A graphic illustration an assemblage of trefoil knots in a liquid crystal solution. Credit: Smalyukh lab Physicists at CU Boulder have gone to creative lengths…
Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep—or getting too much of it—can boost…