Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas (970) 988-4265 jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu Every multi-acre farmer and backyard gardener knows weeds are a constant, formidable foe of successful plant production. Across the globe, weed management demands billions of dollars in annual herbicidal treatments, or soil-damaging …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas (970) 988-4265 jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures are near their …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas (970) 988-4265 jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu Family separations in which child custody is in question can get complicated, painful, and contentious. But some of these families also deal with an additional challenge: parental alienation, in which one parental figure …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu (970) 988-4265 or Anne Manning anne.manning@colostate.edu (607) 592-7387 Accidental shootings of unarmed victims are tragically common, and sometimes they happen because the shooter misperceived the victim as also having a gun. Nearly a decade …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas (970) 988-4265 jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu With wildfire season in full swing, a COVID-19 outbreak at a traditional large fire camp is a potential disaster. A transient, high-density workforce of firefighters and volunteers responds to blazes while staying …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (607) 592-7387 anne.manning@colostate.edu Colorado State University hurricane researchers have increased their forecast and now predict an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in 2020, citing very warm sea surface temperatures and very low wind shear in the …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (607) 592-7387 anne.manning@colostate.edu Propane could be competitive with diesel as a cost-saving, energy-efficient fuel for large trucks and school buses, say Colorado State University mechanical engineers awarded a $3.5 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas (970) 988-4265 jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu A small, inexpensive virus-detection technology invented by Colorado State University researchers will soon form the basis of a new product that could compete with standard diagnostic testing for COVID-19. The new diagnostic …
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu (970) 988-4265 The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on many of society’s unsung heroes – among them teachers, who took their duties online this spring and kept teaching, even as schools shuttered and …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (607) 592-7387 anne.manning@colostate.edu Colorado State University hurricane researchers have increased their forecast slightly and now call for a very active Atlantic hurricane season in 2020, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. …
