科学 & 技术

Successfully treating and reversing the effects of multiple sclerosis, 或者女士, may one day be possible using a drug originally developed to treat chronic pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at Boulder.

A University of Colorado at Boulder-led study shows that specific types of stem cells transplanted into the leg muscles of mice prevented the loss of muscle function and mass that normally occurs with aging, a finding with potential uses in treating humans with chronic, degenerative muscle diseases.

University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member Ivan Smalyukh is one of only 100 men and women in the United States to be awarded a coveted 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 或PECASE.

Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet to climate change, according to a new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder.

A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people appears to have been developed at least 75,1000年前, 50人以上,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight 11月. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes in the virulence of nasty bacteria in the low gravity of space as a way to help researchers prevent or control infectious diseases.

Two University of Colorado faculty members have received prestigious National 科学 Foundation Early Career Development, 或职业奖项.

泰勒·罗伯茨, a University of Colorado at Boulder senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of CU-Boulder students who are civically engaged.

Former space shuttle astronaut Richard Truly will present University of Colorado at Boulder junior Minh Trong Than with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a free public campus event on Monday, 10月. 18.

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Douglas R. Seals has amassed scientific evidence indicating that exercise, 减肥, good nutrition and salt restriction can cut your chances of getting cardiovascular disease, the United States' No. 头号杀手.