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  • brain illustration
    How severe is your pain?聽A CU-Boulder professor鈥檚 breakthrough provides a scientific means to measure pain.
  • illustration of weight dreams
    Did you know losing sleep leads to weight gain? Integrative physiology associate professor Kenneth Wright Jr.鈥檚 research reveals why.
  • Grand canyon
    Imagine discovering your birth date was 65 million years earlier than you thought. This is the predicament the Grand Canyon is in, thanks to assistant professor Rebecca Flowers and her team.
  • ding xue
    Professor Ding Xue and his team's discovery may lead to the development of medicine to treat the deadly hepatitis B virus that affects millions across the globe
  • scavenger hunt in woods
    What do you get when you pair adventurers with scientists? A better understanding of everything from grizzlies to ice worms.
  • dick jessor
    In 1951 professor聽Dick Jessor聽arrived in Boulder expecting to 鈥渟lum for awhile before moving to civilization on either the West or East Coast.鈥 Instead he founded the university鈥檚 Institute of Behavioral Science and stayed for six decades.
  • photo of mars
    Mars may have been home to an ocean and microbial life, according to CU scientists聽Brian Hynek聽and聽Gaetano Di Achille.
  • julie peasley
    Combine artistic creativity and a love of science, add a dollop of inspiration, season with whimsy and a sense of humor and you have Julie Peasley鈥檚 recipe for success in crafting a geek gift teaching tool 鈥 the Particle Zoo.

  • chemical atom
    Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may be caused by chemicals released by the brain鈥檚 immune system to try to repair the injured site, according to CU-Boulder researchers.

  • stem cell
    Treatment of injured, diseased or aging muscle tissues in humans, including damage wreaked by muscular dystrophy, may reach new heights, thanks to a recent discovery by a CU research team.
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