Science & Technology
<p>New research led by the ñ indicates an ongoing loss of ice on Niwot Ridge and the adjacent Green Lakes Valley in the high mountains west of Boulder is likely to progress as the climate continues to warm.</p>
<p>An unusually star-deprived black hole at the site of two merged galaxies could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior.</p>
<p>The human gut harbors a teeming menagerie of over 100 trillion microorganisms and exercising early in life can alter that microbial community for the better, promoting healthier brain and metabolic activity over the course of a lifetime.</p>
<p>Water managers in Colorado and the West scrambling to meet the growing demand for increasingly scarce water supplies caused by large populations far from water resources, climate change and drought need to focus more effort on conserving water, including addressing reservoir evaporation, say ñ researchers.</p>
<p>Researchers have developed a groundbreaking microprocessor chip that uses light, rather than electricity, to transfer data at rapid speeds while consuming minute amounts of energy. </p>
<p>The Ebola virus and fruit bats have been waging a molecular battle for survival that may have started at least 25 million years ago.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Humans haven’t learned much in 2,000 years when it comes to religion and politics. </span>Religion has led to social tension and conflict, not just in today’s society, but dating back to 700 B.C., according to a new study published today in <i>Current Anthropology</i>.</p>
<p>Running uphill on steep inclines is never easy, but researchers at the ñ have discovered a range of slope angles that would allow an athlete to ascend a mountain most quickly.</p>
<p>A new study led by the ñ and the University of California, San Diego indicates unique and changing microbial communities present during the decomposition of human cadavers look to be a reliable “clock” for forensic scientists.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">A research effort led by the ñ to develop an inexpensive, “do-it-yourself” coating to retrofit energy-inefficient windows in residential and commercial buildings has been given a $4 million boost over three years by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).</span></p>