Daily Camera Stories: Science & Environment

Researchers: One in five young adults has personality disorder

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:00:00 -0000

"For many, young adulthood is characterized by the pursuit of greater educational opportunities and employment prospects, development of personal relationships, and for some, parenthood."

Agency to study status of black-tailed prairie dog

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:18:00 -0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ The black-tailed prairie dog may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday in response to a petition by wildlife advocacy groups.

Hubble astronauts visit Ball in Boulder

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:15:00 -0000

When astronauts visit Hubble in May, they'll have to remove a panel that was never designed to be opened in space. In fact, it was never meant to be opened outside of a clean room on the planet Earth.

NASA awards CU $2M grant for sounding rockets

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:31:00 -0000

The more-than-30-year history of rocket programs at the University of Colorado’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy has been extended with a $2 million grant that NASA awarded the university for its student sounding-rocket program.

Report: Safety not ‘core value’ at NIST

morganr@dailycamera.com (Ryan Morgan) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:36:00 -0000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology doesn’t put a priority on safety and doesn’t give researchers and scientists the tools they need to be safe, according to a report released Friday by a blue-ribbon commission charged with analyzing the adequacy of NIST’s safety programs.

CU dorms go head-to-head to cut electricity use

vaillancourt@coloradodaily.com (Lance Vaillancourt) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:17:00 -0000

Residents of the dorm that reduces its energy use the most will be eligible for prizes, including solar electronics chargers, iPod Shuffles and a $600 gift certificate to University Bicycles.

Women’s hands host more bacteria than men’s, study shows

anasb@dailycamera.com (Brittany Anas) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:13:00 -0000

Women have a wider variety of cooties on their hands than men, according to findings from a new University of Colorado study.

Front Range scientist mixer to create collaboration

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:02:00 -0000

The Front Range is an epicenter for brilliant scientific minds working on what may be the biggest challenge of this generation — climate change and what to do about it.

CU prof: Physical, interpersonal warmth linked

anasb@dailycamera.com (Brittany Anas) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:50:00 -0000

Handling a hot cup of coffee can change a person’s attitude toward a stranger, according to a University of Colorado professor’s theory that feeling warm and fuzzy inside is linked to physical warmth.

Lights, camera, activism

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:00 -0000

It started as a fundraiser in 2003 for a water advocacy group in Nevada County, Calif., and over the years grew in attendance and gained national applause.

Boulder woman bares her genes

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:54:00 -0000

Rosalynn Gill carries a gene that may cause her blood to soak up too much iron. She has another that may make her more susceptible to tuberculosis infection. She also has a family history of heart attacks and a severe allergy to penicillin.

CU study: Frogs turn into princes for toads

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:18:00 -0000

When American toads pal around with gray tree frogs they are much less likely to get the parasites that cause them to grow malformed legs, a new study finds.

Maintenance will lead to rusty water for some Mapleton Hill residents

urieh@dailycamera.com (Heath Urie) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:14:00 -0000

Residents in the Mapleton Hill area might notice discolored or rusty water on Thursday and Friday, as utilities crews conduct maintenance.

NCAR hosts Super Science Saturday

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:31:00 -0000

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is hosting Super Science Saturday this weekend to offer hands-on and fun activities to get kids excited about science.

NASA figures out remote-control Hubble photo fix

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:16:00 -0000

NASA engineers say they know how to fix the broken Hubble Space Telescope: They have to wake up computer parts that have been sleeping in space for more than 18 years.

Complaint: Xcel low-balling coal prices

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:45:00 -0000

When Xcel Energy's plan for how it will provide power to Colorado was approved recently by the state, it was lauded by environmental groups as one of the greenest and most visionary plans in the country.

NCAR predicts hurricanes through 2055

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:37:00 -0000

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder are using their new supercomputer to figure out how climate change will affect the intensity and frequency of hurricanes through 2055.

‘Nobody was in charge’

sniderl@dailycamera.com (Laura Snider) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:10:00 -0000

On Monday, the former director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Boulder campus said that in the weeks following a June 9 plutonium spill, “Nobody was in charge — I wasn’t in charge.”

Spacecraft makes second flyby of Mercury

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0000

University of Colorado space scientists will get a rare, second look next week at the mysterious and rocky planet Mercury.

Boulder scientists make airdrops more accurate

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:58:00 -0000

Apparently it does take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. New technology developed by Boulder scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has improved the accuracy of military airdrops of supplies and other materials by up to 70 percent.