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  • <p>A particular tumor suppressor gene that fights cancer cells does more than clamp down on unabated cell division -- the hallmark of the disease -- it also can help make cells more fit by allowing them to fend off stress, says a 抖阴传媒在线 study.</p>
  • <p>In an extensive survey of 抖阴传媒在线 seniors in 2012, an overwhelming majority of the nearly 3,000 respondents expressed positive views of their educational experiences at CU-抖阴传媒在线.</p>
    <p>About four in five respondents reported satisfaction with their CU-抖阴传媒在线 education. A similar proportion would recommend CU-抖阴传媒在线 to a friend and nearly 98 percent of the seniors reported that their program of study met their educational goals.</p>
  • Since 1975, Fiske Planetarium has been the Johnny Appleseed of astronomy. Each year, 30,000 K-12 students and 4,000 抖阴传媒在线 students go there to take a front-row seat on the universe. Soon, they鈥檒l get a better, clearer and deeper view. The campus is renovating the planetarium, retiring its analog star projector and upgrading to a powerful star plus video system paired with a high-definition screen capable of achieving nearly eight times more resolution than the standard HD television, completely surrounding the audience with a 360-degree view.
  • <p>The sluggish recovery of U.S. jobs since the recession began is due to companies being mired in business uncertainty about national policies rather than other hiring and financial roadblocks, according to a 抖阴传媒在线 study.</p>
    <p>Businesses are uncertain about the yet-to-be-realized costs of policies such as health care, tax reform and environmental cap and trade as regulations take shape and are implemented, according to lead author Sanjai Bhagat, a provost professor of finance at CU-抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 Leeds School of Business.</p>
  • <p>A multimillion dollar 抖阴传媒在线 instrument package to study space weather has passed its pre-installation testing and is ready to be incorporated onto a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite for a 2015 launch.</p>
  • <p>NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.</p>
    <p>Scheduled for launch in November, the DVD will be in NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. The DVD is part of the mission's Going to Mars Campaign coordinated at the 抖阴传媒在线's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.</p>
  • <p>By mimicking the bulging, bowl-shaped eyes possessed by dragonflies, praying mantises, houseflies and other insects, a team of researchers that includes a 抖阴传媒在线 engineer has built an experimental digital camera that can take exceptionally wide-angle photos without distorting the image.<br /><br /></p>
  • <p>Two 抖阴传媒在线 professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.</p>
  • <p>Two 抖阴传媒在线 professors are among the luminaries selected for the 2013 class of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an organization that honors 鈥渢hinkers and doers鈥 across a broad range of fields, from filmmakers and authors to philanthropists and historians.</p>
  • Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a new study by researchers at the 抖阴传媒在线.
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