Science & Technology
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<p>Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a 抖阴传媒在线-led study.</p> - <p>The 抖阴传媒在线 today announced three finalists for the inaugural Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. This month, the finalists will make one-day campus visits, during which they will hold public forums.</p>
<p>Since last summer, an advisory committee has been working to identify finalists. The committee has sought a 鈥渉ighly visible鈥 scholar who is 鈥渄eeply engaged in either the analytical scholarship or practice of conservative thinking and policymaking or both.鈥</p> - <p>NASA鈥檚 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo. MAVEN is the next mission to Mars and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.</p>
<p>I speak frequently about how CU-抖阴传媒在线 discovery and innovation leads to economic development, company creation and advancements for society. Here鈥檚 a bit of proof. 聽A <a href="http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/02/patenting-prosperity-rothwell">new study from the Brookings Institution</a> released a week ago finds 抖阴传媒在线 among the top five patent-producing metropolitan areas in the nation.</p>- <p>In hopes of聽better understanding nutrition and health, the 抖阴传媒在线 is playing the leading science role in a 鈥渃rowdfunding鈥 effort聽that has raised more than $340,000聽for a project designed to sequence聽the聽gut bacteria of thousands of people around the world.</p>
- A scaled, working model of the solar system built by engineering students at the 抖阴传媒在线 will be officially unveiled at Andrews Hall on Feb. 11.
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<p>We鈥檝e all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the 抖阴传媒在线 suggests some plants are altruistic too.</p> - Researchers have detected the presence of a pollutant-destroying compound iodine monoxide in surprisingly high levels high above the tropical ocean, according to a new study led by the 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
- <p>A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the last interglacial period may be a good analog for where the planet is headed in terms of increasing greenhouse gases and rising temperatures.<br /><br /></p>
- <p>When a sun-gazing NASA satellite designed and built by the 抖阴传媒在线 launched into space on Jan. 25, 2003, solar storms were raging.</p>