Novel antioxidant makes old arteries seem young again, CU-Boulder study finds

May 5, 2014

An antioxidant that targets specific cell structures鈥攎itochondria鈥攎ay be able to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on arteries, reducing the risk of heart disease, according to a new study by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录. When the research team gave old mice鈥攖he equivalent of 70- to 80-year-old humans鈥攚ater containing an antioxidant known as MitoQ for four weeks, their arteries functioned as well as the arteries of mice with an equivalent human age of just 25 to 35 years.

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Five CU-Boulder students offered Fulbright awards for 2014-15

May 1, 2014

Five 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 graduate students or alumni have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2014-15 academic year. One doctoral student鈥檚 proposed topic of study in Thailand is the use of ultraviolet light and LED (light-emitting diode) technology to remove pathogens from reusable wastewater. Another doctoral student plans to study media practices and products in Australia that shape a particular Aboriginal identity.

Neanderthals were not inferior to modern humans, says CU-Boulder study

April 30, 2014

If you think Neanderthals were stupid and primitive, it鈥檚 time to think again. The widely held notion that Neanderthals were dimwitted and that their inferior intelligence allowed them to be driven to extinction by the much brighter ancestors of modern humans is not supported by scientific evidence, according to a researcher at the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录.

CU-Boulder to host Money Smart Week to help students be 鈥榝inancially fearless鈥

April 16, 2014

The 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 financial education program, CU Money Sense, will host Money Smart Week 2014 on April 21-24 to help celebrate National Financial Literacy Month.

CU-Boulder students qualify for international venture capital competition April 10-12

April 7, 2014

A team of 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 graduate students has qualified for the final round of an international venture capital competition April 10-12 thanks in part to what it dubs its secret sauce: the local startup community.

Kathleen Sebelius to give keynote at CU鈥檚 Conference on World Affairs

March 31, 2014

Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will deliver the keynote address at the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 annual Conference on World Affairs to be held April 7-11. Sebelius鈥 address, 鈥淭he Globalization of Health,鈥 will be presented on Monday, April 7, at 11:30 a.m. in Macky Auditorium. All of the conference鈥檚 200 panel discussions, performances and plenaries are free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder alum and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson heading for space station

March 19, 2014

澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 alumnus and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson will blast off with two Russian crewmates for the International Space Station March 25, his third mission to the orbiting facility.

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CU-Boulder-led study on lunar crater counting shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool

March 13, 2014

A new study led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 showed that as a group, volunteer counters who examined a particular patch of lunar real estate using NASA images did just as well in identifying individual craters as professional crater counters with five to 50 years of experience.

Momentous gift of Holocaust archive to CU-Boulder will draw scholars from around world

March 4, 2014

The Mazal Holocaust Collection, considered the world鈥檚 largest privately owned Holocaust archive and the most significant U.S. collection outside of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has been donated to the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录.

CU-Boulder joins national pledge to double study abroad by 2020

March 3, 2014

The 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 has pledged to double the number of CU-Boulder students who participate in an international educational experience by 2020. The commitment, which will be implemented by CU-Boulder鈥檚 Study Abroad Programs office, is part of the Generation Study Abroad pledge launched today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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