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Harnessing the power of data science with global stat labs
On July 14, data scientists and statisticians from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Brazil, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe and the United States attended the first annual LISA 2020 Symposium at the International Statistical Institute’s World Statistics Congress in Marrakech, Morocco.
Imaging is knowing: How STROBE is modeling the future of research
From life-saving advances in medicine to life-changing opportunities in renewable energy, imaging technology offers a window into worlds that can’t otherwise be seen by the human eye. That makes it an essential tool across a broad range of scientific disciplines, from engineering to biosciences.
Identifying industry needs in the aerospace and defense sectors
As part of an effort to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and collaborative output of partnerships between CU Boulder’s nationally-ranked aerospace programs and small companies in Colorado serving the aerospace and defense sectors, the university held its first Small Business Forum on March 16.
Groundbreaking space missions, student success focus of Aerospace Summit
Alumni, industry execs and other space buffs celebrated the state's growing prominence in aerospace—from probing the Bennu asteroid to an array of industry partnerships—at the second annual CU Boulder Aerospace Summit earlier this week.
New interdisciplinary center explores the beginnings - of everything
A unique Grand Challenge project in its inclusiveness, the Center for the Study of Origins is primed to investigate an under-appreciated but important issue: the diversity, nature and justification of theories about the past, and how they inform our understanding of both the present and the future.
Exploring the power of cloud computing for research partnerships
Amazon Web Services. Google. IBM. Microsoft. These are just a few of the major tech movers and shakers partnering with researchers and “big data” providers—recently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to invest in a new way of supporting a data-enabled economy: cloud computing.
Mallinda awarded $750K grant for reusable carbon-fiber composite
What’s one way to cut a car’s weight by 50 percent and improve fuel efficiency by up to 40 percent? Make it out of carbon fiber instead of steel. What if everyone had access to such a vehicle? Chris Kaffer, co-founder and CEO of Denver startup Mallinda, believes his company’s reusable carbon-fiber composite can help make that future a reality.
Careers, collaborations and cutting-edge research highlight 2016 AeroSpace Ventures Day
CU Boulder faculty researchers, staff, and students discussed innovation, collaboration and career opportunities with thought leaders and executives from Colorado’s aerospace industry on campus Thursday, October 27 at the 4th Annual AeroSpace Ventures Day.
Your Life is More Epic Than You Think
The ordinary life we wake up to every day is full of its own magic, beauty, wonder and meaning; we just choose to ignore it most of the time.
How Brooklyn is cleaning up polluted water with floating gardens
Brooklyn’s famously polluted Gowanus Canal is now home to thriving floating gardens that are slowly giving the Superfund site new life.
Your questions about the low-FODMAP diet, answered
Got questions about FODMAPs? We have answers in this Q&A with Neha Shah, MPH, RD, the certified nutrition support clinician at Stanford Health Care who created the FODMAP chart featured in our previous article.
Survival of the Indifferent
We seem rather preoccupied with the end of the world lately. From The Hunger Games to The Walking Dead, the end of life as we know it has become commonplace in popular fiction.
Further Products takes responsible sourcing to the next level
The NEXTY Awards recognize not only the most innovative edge of the natural, organic, and healthy products landscape, but also its deeply held social and environmental values. Further Products is one of two Editors' Choice winners in the Beauty and Natural Living category.
Will Bhutan be the first country to go 100% organic?
Bhutan, a small mountain nation in the Himalayas, is planning to go 100 percent organic by 2020. If they succeed, they’ll be the first country in the world to achieve the feat.
Vader Ethics
While browsing yet another dime-a-dozen article about Episode VII, I came across some interesting comments on the “questionable ethics” of Vader’s redemption story. This is a topic I’ve seen brought up before ...