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- Researchers are helping lead efforts to plan NASA's next-generation large space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will be the first telescope specifically designed to identify habitable, Earth-like planets.
- New work, led by former CIRES and CU Boulder doctoral student Alex Bradley, shows that modern pollution patterns and the burdens they place on communities in Denver depend heavily on historical changes, including city planning, industry and discriminatory redlining practices.
- A company founded by LASP researchers has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes for the development of a system that will use electron beams to charge lunar dust to repel and remove it from surfaces, including spacesuits and solar panels.
- Experiencing malnutrition in childhood or adolescence may not necessarily harm the health of humans into adulthood—although the relationship is complicated, a new study finds.
- Major networks increasingly focus on criticizing the opposing party–fueling division to boost ratings, according to a 12-year study of TV news.
- New research warns that global rainfall patterns could shift dramatically as a result of climate change.
- Founded in 2020, the U.S. National Science Foundation National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming (NSF iSAT) explores how AI can help K-12 students collaborate together in ways that are meaningful and productive.
- The $9 billion rescission package is going to hurt local stations, but journalists and managers working in public broadcasting aren't going away without a fight.
- New research shows that bacteria in the environment use amyloids— proteins best known for contributing to neurodegenerative disease— to shield themselves from predators. The findings could inform new weapons against microbial resistance and human disease.
- Advancing science may make it possible to bring back extinct species like the dire wolf—but should it? A CU Boulder environmental studies and philosophy professor says the answer is complicated.