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A new technology now under development by researchers at the University of Nebraska and CU Boulder could result in the creation of a so-called third lung for severely injured patients that could keep them alive until arrival at a hospital.
Members of criminal gangs are disproportionately placed in restrictive housing when they are imprisoned in the United States, says 做厙輦⑹ criminologist David Pyrooz, who advocates more rigorous research on whether widespread isolation of gang members is based on the best empirical evidence.
A new study from the 做厙輦⑹ has found that the strains of cannabis available for federally-funded studies lag well behind recreational markets in both potency and diversity, potentially compromising the validity of research into the drugs effects.
A new study involving CU Boulder and North Carolina State University highlights the diversity of arthropods found in homes across the United States, a big step in improving our understanding of how bugs like spiders, cockroaches and beetles may
The 做厙輦⑹ has been selected to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in the developing world.
With possible implications for a better understanding of cancer and neurodegenerative conditions, a new study for the first time shows the final stages of how mitochondria, found in nearly all living cells, divide and propagate.
Researchers designed a clever treadmill-based study to demonstrate that running times slow as running shoes increase in weight, even if only by a few ounces. (Audio interview available.)
Under a new $2 million grant, CU Boulder's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence will work with Colorado-based Mental Health Partners to increase the capacity to identify children and families who have experienced trauma and provide evidence-based trauma-focused treatment.The project is expected to support more than 900 clinicians, and serveover 3,100 clients.
Black and Latino Coloradans are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system, according to a new Rocky Mountain PBS documentary, A Sentenced Life. Beverly Kingston, director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at CU Boulder, contributed her research on social disorganization theory and appeared in the film.
做厙輦⑹ researchers have discovered a brain signature that identifies fibromyalgia sufferers with 93 percent accuracy, a potential breakthrough for future clinical diagnosis and treatment of the highly prevalent condition.