Colorado River Conference Aug. 26
Issues affecting the Colorado River, the major river of the American Southwest, will be discussed Thurs. Aug. 26 at the University of Utah's Heritage Center.... ... Titled "Water Management in the Colorado River Basin," the conference is sponsored by the Southwest Center for Environmental Research (SCERP), a consortium of five U.S. universities and several Mexican research institutes. The Utah E...Hidden cost of Colorado River diversions is $2.4 billion annually
Society is losing $2.4 billion per year because the Colorado River's water no longer flows all the way to the Gulf of California, says a University of Arizona researcher.... ...It's the first dollar estimate of the benefits society would get from the natural functioning of a healthy Colorado River delta.... ...Functioning ecosystems provide benefits, known as ecosystem services, to humans. Howeve...Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
During their tender youth, both the endangered fish species totoaba and the commercially important gulf corvina require the brackish water habitat provided by the shrinking Colorado River estuary, report researchers.... ...Although overfishing has been implicated in the decline of both species, commercial harvesting isn't the only reason for the two species' decline, the finding suggests. Since 1...U. of Colorado professor pioneering tissue engineering from knees to hearts to brains
University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Kristi Anseth, an investigator with the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has high hopes for the future of tissue engineering as a way to make people healthier, happier and to live longer.... ...Anseth, a chemical and biological engineering professor, is considered by many to be the pioneer in this fledging field. She and her team which inc...University of Colorado archaeologist, colleagues hot on the trail of ancient Persian warships
An international research team including a University of Colorado at Boulder professor has mounted a deep-water search off the northern coast of Greece in search of a fleet of Persian warships presumed lost in a massive ocean storm in 492 B.C. ......The armada of warships is believed to have been sent by Persian King Darius to invade Greece, according to ancient historical accounts. The research...U. of Colorado team developing 'Flu Chip' for fast, accurate diagnosis
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder is developing a "Flu Chip" that will aid physicians in swiftly diagnosing respiratory illness for future flu seasons. ......The Flu Chip will allow doctors and public health officials to differentiate between three types of influenza and other viruses that cause similar clinical symptoms, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or...Microbes active in Colorado snows fuel tundra ecosystem
Arlington, Va.--Populations of fungi blanketed by Colorado's snows are more active and diverse than previously thought, and are likely responsible for the productivity of the tundra ecosystem they are a part of, according to findings by scientists funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Microbial Observatories programs. The researchers have...New Colorado U. study shows increase in fungal metabolism under the snow
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that microbes living under the tundra snow pack ramp up their populations in late winter, a finding with implications for changing estimates of carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere.... ...According to CU-Boulder Professor Steve Schmidt, the abundance of microbes under the snow -- primarily previously unknown groups of fungi-- is at it...Changing global nitrogen cycle impacting human health, says Colorado University-led study
Despite greatly increasing food production for humans, the growing use of nitrogen as a nutrient is affecting people's health far beyond just the benefits of growing more crops, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder-led study.... ...Study leader Alan Townsend of CU-Boulder's Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research said changes in the global nitrogen cycle, while beneficial in incr...U. of Colorado scientists discover four new kingdoms of life
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have discovered four new kingdoms of life in the high alpine environment of Colorado, findings that have potential applications in the fields of agriculture and global change....... Doctoral student Allen Meyer and Professor Steven Schmidt of the environmental, population and organismic biology department discovered the new microbe kingdoms in barren,...U.of Colorado researchers solve molecular structure involved with heart disease
A group of researchers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder have solved the crystal structure of a molecule switch that can trigger heart disease and cancer, paving the way for future drug designs to mitigate these diseases.... ...The key component of the switch is a protein called MEF2 that binds to the DNA and is involved in muscle cell, T cell and nerve cell development. In cases invo...Increasing nitrogen in Earth's soils may signal global changes, say U. of Colorado researchers
The rapid increase of nitrogen falling from the sky as a result of fossil-fuel combustion and crop fertilization, combined with carbon stored in Earth's soils, could change the rate of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, rising into the atmosphere, according to a new study. ...... Scientists believe about 300 times more carbon is stored in soils than is being put in the atmosphere in the form of...A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) proudly presents A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado, published by Oxford University Press. Palms walk, transparent wings flash, teeth gnash and wasps oviposit when STRI staff ecologist, Egbert Leigh, and photographer, Christian Ziegler, team up artfully to celebrate one of the most intensively studied tropical forests on the plan...Colorado U. to fly hardware, experiments on space shuttle, space station
... ... ............Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder will be flying several biomedical and agricultural experiments on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis slated for launch Oct. 2, some of which will be transferred to the International Space Station.... ...The CU-Boulder faculty and students involved are affiliated with BioServe Space Technologies, headquartered in the College...Alien life forms more likely to be found outside solar system, says Colorado prof.
The chance of detecting life outside our own solar system probably is greater than discovering it on neighboring planets and moons like Mars or Europa, a moon of Jupiter, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder professor. ... ...Molecular, cellular and developmental biology Professor Norman Pace, a world-renowned biochemist and expert on life in extreme environments, said the chances of...U. of Colorado researchers identify switch that controls aging in worms
Two University of Colorado at Boulder researchers working with GenoPlex Inc. in Denver have identified a biological switch that controls lifespan in tiny worms, a finding that could have applications for mammals, including people....... The switch, known as DAF-16, is a protein that can either lengthen or shorten the lifespan in the eyelash-sized roundworm, C. elegans, said CU-Boulder psychology...New U. of Colorado electron microscopes provide cell images never seen before
The University of Colorado at Boulder has acquired two new state-of-the-art electron microscopes and a suite of complementing computers that are providing three-dimensional images of cellular structures that have never been seen before....... The microscopes, which were purchased for a total of nearly $3 million, are furthering the reputation of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology...U. of Colorado biology professor wins 2001 MacArthur Fellowship
University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Norman Pace has been named a 2001 winner of a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship, often called a "Genius Grant."...... Pace, a professor in the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, is the fifth CU-Boulder faculty member to win the prestigious award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago. Pace, 59, was one of...New U. of Colorado research may reduce renewable fuel costs
. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a novel process involving the production of ethanol that could lead to a significant decrease in the cost of renewable fuel.. Associate Professor Kathleen Danna of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department and her research team created a new technique they expect to produce large amounts of low-cost, highly...DNA research reveals new bird species in Colorado
.Neither a tree-dweller nor a night bird, and roughly the size of a chicken, the Gunnison sage-grouse is not a particularly secretive bird yet just recently has it been identified as a new species of bird. The collaborative research designating the bird as a new species was conducted by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Denver, Western State College of Colorado, Colorado D.........(Blacksburg, Va., December 1, 2000) The biological productivity of the Colorado River Delta is only 5 percent of what it was before the mighty Colorado's water was diverted for human uses. Since the 1930's, an environment that supported billions of clams and other life has disappeared because dams and irrigation projects have reduced the flow of nutrient-laden fresh water to the tidal flat...Colorado U. study indicates Denver area drivers unmoved by state air quality advisories
. . . . . . A sample study of Denver-area drivers indicates almost all are aware of air-quality advisories and voluntary driving restrictions during high-pollution days in the fall and winter, but the advisories have no significant effect on commuters transportation habits.. . University of Colorado at Boulder geography department Assistant Professor Peter Blanken and undergraduates Jennifer Di...Colorado set to fly biomedical experiments on September shuttle flight
. . . . University of Colorado at Boulder researchers will test the effects of low gravity on two biomedical experiments aboard the upcoming flight of NASAs space shuttle Atlantis, now slated for liftoff Sept. 8 from Cape Kennedy, Fla. to the International Space Station. . . One experiment will study the effects of spaceflight on the neural development in various larval stages of the common.... FORT COLLINS--Despite some claims that North America is a "carbon sink," the continent does not.absorb as much carbon dioxide as it releases through the burning of fossil fuels, according to an.article today (March 17) in the journal Science.. . Researchers at Colorado State University and other institutions undertook a computer simulation.study of carbon absorption and release over 1895-.... FORT COLLINS--A report today in the journal Science is the first systematic look at how biodiversity is likely to be impacted by several agents of human-caused global change--and global warming and climate change aren't necessarily the principal factors. . In the article, researchers look at what factors affect biodiversity, what kinds of habitats are susceptible to those factors and what m...University of Colorado salmon study spawns new insight into human brain aging
.A University of Colorado at Boulder study of landlocked salmon indicates they possess a genetically programmed "aging clock" timed by reproduction, which may provide insight into human aging and Alzheimer's disease.. .Richard Jones, a professor emeritus in the environmental, population and organismic biology department, said the study is the first ever to identify deposits of a peptide known as.... FORT COLLINS -- Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, is the same date as a centuries-old European Christian festival called "Candlemas," a time when celebrants lit candles and anticipated the eventual coming of spring. . It also occurs about the middle of calendar winter -- a hedge for later European farmers, who decided if a hedgehog emerged from its burrow and saw its shadow that would ensure six more we...Increased production of antibiotics in space reported by University of Colorado researchers
. Several space shuttle experiments flown by the University of Colorado at Boulder-based BioServe Space. Technologies Center in October 1998 show promise for developing new biomedical products, according to. recent research results. . . Aerospace engineering sciences Assistant Professor David Klaus said an antibiotic production. experiment involving microbes showed the production of the antibiot...Colorado State scientist is Ecological Society of America president
.FORT COLLINS--Diana Wall, director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Associate Dean of the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, has been elected the new president of The Ecological Society of America. . .Wall will preside over more than 7,600 members in the United States and internationally. The society, considered the country's premier professional organizati.... FORT COLLINS--A Colorado State University researcher will join.colleagues in Germany in using laser microscopy to track protein molecules on.the surface of cells, research that may eventually lead to an understanding of.how the immune system combats disease.. . George Barisas, professor of chemistry and microbiology, has developed.techniques that can follow the movement of p.... FORT COLLINS, CO--Experts from across the country will gather in Snowmass,.Colo., Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at a conference sponsored by Colorado State University to.examine the question of whether we are loving our public lands and waters to.death. . The program will feature high-ranking government officials; park and.public land professionals from across America; academic experts on rec.... FORT COLLINS--Two Colorado State University microbiologists have helped.identify a substance produced by the tuberculosis bacterium that triggers an.immune response in the human body. . .The finding suggests that the substance in combination with vaccines could serve.to enhance the ability of the bodies' immune response to fight tuberculosis and.other microbial infections.. ..... FORT COLLINS--A.S.N. Reddy's experiment on the space shuttle Columbia.should help explain how plants tell up from down. . . Colorado State University's Reddy wants to look at what happens at the.molecular level that tells a plant's root to grow down and a shoot to grow.upward. It's an important question: Thirty years after humans first walked on.the moon, the emphasis has shifted.... FORT COLLINS--Karolin Luger will spend the next three years seeking a.three-dimensional image of how a two-yard-long strand of DNA can be folded into.a tiny package inside a cell nucleus.. . DNA, the double helix of amino acids that constitutes the blueprint of.all life, has to be "naked" at certain points along its microscopic strand in.order for proteins to use it to replicate.... FORT COLLINS--Horses' knees are like human ones, and that's good news.for both species. . . It means that continuing research at Colorado State University aimed at.helping horses with osteoarthritis--missing cartilage--also is applicable to.humans as well, said Dr. Wayne McIlwraith. That's significant, because nearly 21.million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis. After heart disease,.... FORT COLLINS-- More than 100 Colorado State University veterinary and.pre-veterinary medicine students are willing to get up in the middle of the.night--in winter, if need be. It makes sense when they enter a stall full of.clean straw in the large-animal section of Colorado State's Veterinary Teaching.Hospital. A mare is quietly eating hay and a very small, young horse with a.large ban.... FORT COLLINS-A long-term study by Colorado State University ecologists.suggests that warmer nights are producing a lengthened growing season and.changes in prairie vegetation on the shortgrass steppe of eastern Colorado and.surrounding states.. . Working at Colorado State's Shortgrass Steppe Long-Term Ecological.Research (LTER) station, the ecologists drew on 23 years of climate.... . Fort Collins--They're tiny, toothy, terrifying and teem in unbelievable.profusion beneath your feet, but instead of things that go bump in the dark at.Halloween, these creatures may well be the key to healthy ecosystems in the.everyday world and in the subsurface one.. A Colorado State University project, undertaken in collab...Out On A Limb: Young Burro Receives Artificial Leg At Colorado State
. . FORT COLLINS--A five-month-old burro named Primrose got a leg up on life.in the form of a prosthetic hind limb at Colorado State University recently, and.her owner, a professional storyteller, put a happy ending on a sad tale. . After surgery and weeks of medical care at Colorado State's Veterinary.Teaching Hospital,...Colorado State Research Indicates Two TB Vaccines Show Promise
. . The vaccines have the potential to supplement BCG, believed to lose effectiveness over a period of time, and unlike BCG do not produce positive sk...