Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Colorado State University’s spending on research activities hit a record $398.5 million for fiscal year 2019, a 6.3% increase over the previous year. Spending on research, which has grown by nearly $100 million …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Colorado State University and Front Range Community College have secured a grant from the National Science Foundation for a new program to help students successfully transfer from Front Range to CSU to earn bachelor’s …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu In a few days, a research vessel called the RV Polarstern will depart Norway and spend a year drifting through the Arctic Ocean, trapped in the ice. More than 600 researchers from …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Read more at CSU SOURCE: https://col.st/01N2h Plants, like humans and animals, have over millions of years evolved complex immune systems that fend off invading pathogens. But unlike many animals, plants lack adaptive …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Note to reporters: Images available at https://col.st/xd201 With water scarcity a critical challenge across the globe, scientists and engineers are pursuing new ways to harvest purified water from unconventional sources, like seawater …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Colorado State University hurricane researchers continue to predict a near-average Atlantic hurricane season. They cite both near-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and a weakening El Niño event in the tropical …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Pregnant women are often advised to avoid certain drugs because of potential risks to their unborn infant’s growing brain cells. Such risks are difficult to pinpoint, though, because there are few ways …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu A master’s degree that will provide focused training in emerging biotechnology fields will be offered at Colorado State University starting this fall. The Professional Science Master’s in Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology, housed in …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West Nile, rely on a fundamental biological process called frameshifting to maximize their attack. Long identified as a key mechanism that viruses use to proliferate inside …
Contact for reporters: Anne Manning (970) 491-7099 anne.manning@colostate.edu “Smart glass,” an energy-efficiency product found in newer windows of cars, buildings and airplanes, slowly changes between transparent and tinted at the flip of a switch. “Slowly” is the operative word; typical …
