A team at CU Boulder has made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears ...

Water consumption in the Colorado River Basin continues to outstrip natural supply, causing steep declines in reservoir storage. This paper looks at the realistically accessible amount of storage in ...

As a nurse working in an elder care facility, Isabelle Foote saw it every day: Some people age better than others. Some eased into their 90s with mind and body intact, while others battled diabetes, ...

Greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions from human activity have been driving the prolonged drought in the western United States through a complicated connection with the Pacific Ocean, according to a ...

INSTAAR conducts interdisciplinary research and education on the past, present, and future of Earth systems in service of a just and thriving world. With deep roots in polar regions, alpine ...

Banner image: Wil Srubar holds a sample cube of concrete that contains biogenic limestone produced by calcifying macro- and microalgae. (Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder) Global cement production ...

The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s sea ice, an ominous milestone for the planet, could occur as early as 2027. “The first ice-free day in the Arctic won’t change ...

Labor Day is a widely-celebrated American holiday. For many, the day marks the end of summer and the beginning of the school year. But beyond the opportunity for indulging in barbecues and poolside ...

Yet 12 years after Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize recreational cannabis, police still lack a reliable method for detecting whether someone smoked a joint or ate a ...

Image: Researchers at the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium on the CU Boulder campus watch as a subject undergoes an fMRI bran scan. New research shows a psychological therapy can not only provide ...

A new Texas law bans nearly all abortions, and other states have indicated that they likely will follow suit. But the research is clear that people who want abortions but are unable to get them can ...

The Sensitivity of Alaskan and Yukon Rivers, Fish, and Communities to Climate is a project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic Program. The goal of the project is to ...