Health
- A new brain imaging study has revealed the more pain people expect, the stronger their brain responds to pain, which may explain why chronic pain persists long after damaged tissue has healed.
- New research shows that the spread of ideas through academia may depend on where they come from as much as their quality.
- Toxic protein assemblies, or "amyloids," long considered to be key drivers in many neuromuscular diseases, also play a beneficial role in the development of healthy muscle tissue.
- A CIRES-led citizen-science study reveals lung-disease causing strains of bacteria are especially common in certain environments.
- Neuroscientist Linda Watkins has developed an opioid-free, long-lasting shot for management of chronic pain. It's been tested in more than 40 dogs with impressive results and no adverse effects.
- Zoe Donaldson is studying prairie voles, which tend to be monogamous, in research that could inform new treatments for autism and a condition called complicated grief.
- CU Boulder researchers have discovered three compounds that could someday be given alongside antibiotics to reinvigorate them, making them effective against drug-resistant bugs again.
- Students displaced by Hurricane Maria are still facing housing instability, language barriers and culture shock, surveys find.
- CU Boulder researchers have discovered a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos, shedding light on the genetic roots of birth defects like cleft palate and paving the way for development of more functional skin grafts for burn victims.
- CU Boulder research contradicts the long-held belief that humans interfere when they see the abuse of strangers.