Sheila Watt-Cloutier, global advocate for indigenous rights and health, and a leader focused on the impact of climate change on human rights, gives her keynote address at the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. Photo by Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado)

Climate solutions lie in ‘country food’ and Indigenous knowledge, Sheila Watt-Cloutier says

Dec. 2, 2022

Speaking to the packed room on her birthday, Sheila Watt-Cloutier quipped that when many people living in the United States think about the Arctic, their minds go to a hallmark of capitalism: soda commercials—the ones where polar bears frolic with seals on the ice.

The WGEL: Our communities and climate change panel in the Byron White Club Level as part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit at the University of Colorado Boulder. (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado)

CU Boulder, city leaders highlight local steps to address climate change

Dec. 2, 2022

On the first day of the inaugural Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit at CU Boulder, local leaders focused on local community impacts of climate change in an adjacent track of panels.

Model of the human brain

What stress does to your brain, and what future remedies could look like

Dec. 1, 2022

Neuroscientists at CU Boulder have discovered that a specific type of brain cell could be a key player in making you feel the negative impacts of stress.

Researcher works in the Inscripta lab

CU Boulder commercialization drives $8B impact nationwide

Nov. 29, 2022

Commercialization activities led by Venture Partners at CU Boulder had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years—a four-fold increase since 2019—according to a new report from the Leeds School of Business.

Sunset as seen from space

New space instrument to peer at light reflecting from Earth, achieve record accuracy

Nov. 29, 2022

A first-of-its-kind sensor, developed by a team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, will measure sunlight reflecting from Earth with more accuracy than any instrument in space or on the ground.

Pangolin walks in the dirt

Learning from pangolins and peacocks: Researchers explore next-gen structural materials

Nov. 22, 2022

Scientists from three countries report that materials inspired by nature could one day help engineers design new kinds of solar panels, robots and even coatings for ultra-fast jets.

Women, Life, Freedom signs held by protestors

What Iranian protests mean in the fight for global women’s bodily autonomy

Nov. 21, 2022

Protests in Iran have sent shockwaves through the country as thousands across the globe have joined in solidarity. Marie Ranjbar explains the history of women-led protests in Iran, what's different this time and what the global community can do to support women's bodily autonomy there.

Researchers holding lab samples

Top 4 promising solutions by sector to fight rising emissions

Nov. 21, 2022

Mitigating climate change by significantly reducing carbon emissions this decade will require big transitions in all sectors, from energy and transportation to construction and industry. But significant reductions in global emissions are possible, experts say.

Brad Werner, Sharon Fireman and Erick Mueller at the Weizmann workshop

Deming Center offers dose of innovation for ‘startup nation’

Nov. 21, 2022

A team of entrepreneurship experts visited Israel to help scientists and researchers recognize breakthrough ideas.

smoke stacks

Is the future of carbon-capture technology electrochemistry?

Nov. 21, 2022

Electrically activating chemicals could help remove carbon dioxide from the air, CU Boulder researchers have found.

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