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New device could deliver bedside blood test results in an hour

Oct. 16, 2024

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new sound-based, handheld device that can swiftly and accurately detect signs of disease in a pin-prick of blood. Their findings are published in the journal Science Advances.

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CUriosity: Why does playing in the dirt feel so good?

Oct. 9, 2024

From his home garden, CU Boulder’s Chris Lowry explains why humans get so much enjoyment out of sinking their hands into dirt—it may have something to do with the friendly microbes that live in the soil.

Mitochondria

You get your energy from your mom. A new study explains why

Oct. 8, 2024

Scientists have long wondered why animals get the DNA inside their mitochondria, the cell’s energy center, only from their mothers. New research explains why and offers hope for treating mitochondrial disorders.

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After a suicide, more loved ones are seeking support online. Does it help or harm?

Sept. 24, 2024

New CU Boulder research suggests that while bereavement support spaces like Reddit can be therapeutic, they can potentially traumatize users.

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Denver youth help struggling peers—without involving law enforcement

Sept. 18, 2024

The CU Boulder-based Youth Violence Prevention Center has launched a new app, the Power of One, to help Northeast Denver youth connect struggling friends and loved ones with the support they need. The app grew out of concerns that some marginalized communities may be hesitant to use Safe2Tell.

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Wildfire smoke exposure boosts risk of mental illness in youth

Sept. 11, 2024

A new study of 10,000 youth ages 9 to 11 found that the more days youth are exposed to high levels of particulate air pollution, the more likely they are to experience depression, anxiety and other symptoms of mental illness acutely and up to a year later.

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Have more babies! Some say it's necessary, but this demographer isn't convinced

Sept. 9, 2024

As birth rates fall in the U.S. and beyond, a growing ‘pronatalist’ movement contends that people should be having more babies to prevent economic and cultural decline. Leslie Root, a social demographer who studies fertility trends, offers her take.

A protest after the Dobbs decision

Study: COVID skewed maternal death statistics, fueling false claims about abortion

Aug. 28, 2024

Abortion opponents have pointed to “marked declines” in maternal deaths since the Dobbs decision. A new CU Boulder paper seeks to set the record straight.

A ball python curls up in the Leinwand lab

Pythons' wild feeding habits could inspire new treatments for heart disease

Aug. 21, 2024

In the 24 hours after a python swallows its massive prey, its heart grows bigger and stronger and its metabolism speeds up fortyfold. Scientists want to know their secret.

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Low cortisol may play a role in fueling long COVID, study suggests

Aug. 19, 2024

A new animal study shows that exposure to immune-stimulating proteins left behind by COVID-19 leads to lower cortisol, brain inflammation and a heightened reaction to subsequent stressors.

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