Science & Technology
- <p>A surprising new discovery by the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects.</p>
- <p>American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the Southern Rocky Mountains, says a new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ study.</p>
- <p>The ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ has partnered with the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., to bring to campus a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance scanner that will significantly enhance the neuroimaging capabilities on campus.</p>
- <p>Graphene, considered the most exciting new material under study in the world of nanotechnology, just got even more interesting, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.</p>
- <p>Fourteen graduate students from the Engineering for Developing Communities program at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ traveled abroad this summer to gain field experience in community development.</p>
- <p>A new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in the southern half of South America.</p>
- <p>Researchers at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ are helping develop the next generation of the Internet -- a more mobile version -- and the campus's Office of Information Technology is using this new technology to provide wireless service on campus buses and in some labs and classrooms.</p>
- <p>Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air, says a new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ study.</p>
- <p>The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has named Douglas Duncan as the 2011 recipient of the Richard H. Emmons Award for excellence in college astronomy teaching.</p>
- <p>Chemical and biological engineering students and faculty at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ have launched several innovative technologies that are fueling Colorado's economy by creating jobs and drawing significant funding to the state, including a $155 million investment in Sundrop Fuels in July.</p>