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A gene in a type of yeast that has long been used in baking, brewing and winemaking may have positive implications for human health. Essentially, the gene in the ingested yeast can recognize and destroy attacking viruses within the human host.

Methane emissions from global fossil fuel development are up to 60 percent greater than previous estimates, according to a new study.

CU Boulder is partnering with five Colorado community colleges to strengthen pathways for students to transfer more easily from two-year colleges to CU Boulder, especially students interested in science.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is taking its all-female, bilingual tour of "The Taming of the Shrew" to Colorado schools. "The Taming of the Shrew" is the latest title in CSF鈥檚 Shakespeare & Violence Prevention series, which combines live performance and classroom workshops to empower students to become 鈥渦pstanders鈥� vs. 鈥渂ystanders鈥� when they see bullying happen around them.

Today, NASA鈥檚 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, which is being led by the University of Colorado Boulder, completed one Mars year of science observations. One Mars year is just under two Earth years.

Though remaining in positive territory, the optimism of Colorado business leaders is projected to dip slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016. It then is expected to increase during the first quarter of 2017. The upcoming presidential election is causing some of the uncertainty captured in the latest Leeds Business Confidence Index.

If you gaze at the night sky from Earth in just the right place, you will see the International Space Station (ISS), a bright speck of light hurtling through space at 5 miles per second as it orbits 220 miles above the planet. And if you were an astronaut floating around inside the station, you would see high-tech hardware and experiments designed and built at CU Boulder.

CU Boulder will expand its role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio and energy sciences as part of a collaborative partnership awarded $24 million by the National Science Foundation to launch a new center.

Previous estimates of ice mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet鈥攁lready known to be shrinking鈥攎ay be underestimates, according to a new study co-authored by CU Boulder researchers. Photo credit: Greenland's Zachari忙 Isbr忙, Anders A. Bj酶rk

A probiotic treatment has been shown to effectively inoculate endangered Colorado toads and protect them from a virulent fungus that has ravaged the population in recent decades, according to the results of new University of Colorado Boulder research.