Science & Health

  • Infographic about sun research
    With at least eight institutions dedicated to solar and space physics, the city of Boulder is a global mecca for science related to the sun.
  • a cu boulder student scales a rock wall at the rec center
    Ā 90%Approximate amount of time people spend indoors1Person exercising emits as many chemicals as five resting people6Additional airborne compounds created from sweat-produced amino acids and bleach products69Unique compounds directly emitted
  • a boat in arctic ice
    A CU team froze their ship in Arctic ice in the name of science and storytelling.Ā When the sea ice shifted beneath him, sending a crack straight between his two feet, Matthew Shupe didnā€™t panic.He calmly looked at his precious scientific
  • an illustration by Brian Stauffer showing a virus cell above a city skyline with two people looking out their windows.
    Ā ReneĆ© Crown Wellness InstituteThe ReneĢe Crown Wellness Institute at 91“«Ć½ opened in 2019 to perform research and offer programs that develop healthy young people and the adults who support them. It recently unveiled
  • Mirela Alistar
    91“«Ć½ computer science assistant professor Mirela Alistar wants to make healthcare more personal. Her work with microfluidic biochips is getting us there.
  • anti aging illustration
    Eating less may help the body age more slowly. Rather than promote starvation, CU researchers are testing a nutritional supplement that mimics the same effects of caloric restriction.
  • man with ice block
    CU researchers will join a year-long Arctic expedition to study the changing Earth from an icebound ship
  • close up at night
    Giordan Thompson (MechEngrā€™20) was one of 21 91“«Ć½ engineering students enrolled in the Maymester course, "Medicine in Space and Surface Environments," focused on aerospace engineering, human physiology and medicine. For one week of the three-
  • CU's Mars Missions
    CU scientists have been involved in learning about our neighbor in the solar system since at least the 1960s.
  • Garden of the Gods
    It had been nearly 40 years since John R. Conway had visited Coloradoā€™s Garden of the Gods. He hadnā€™t come for the scenery ā€” heā€™d come for the ants.
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