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Do ‘depression genes’ exist? It’s not so simple, new study concludes

April 2, 2019

Researchers are calling on the field to “abandon” the search for a specific “candidate genes” that substantially boost risk of depression. In reality, there are likely thousands, each with a minuscule effect.

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Optical tweezers achieve new feats of capturing atoms

April 2, 2019

Researchers show that they can trap and load lone atoms into large grids with an efficiency unmatched by current methods.

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Colorado business leaders more optimistic headed into second quarter

April 2, 2019

Colorado business leaders’ confidence is warming heading into the second quarter of 2019, according to the latest Leeds Business Confidence Index from CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

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Tattoos go high-tech

Color-changing tattoos? Nanotechnology research at CU Boulder could lead to new ways in the future to protect against skin cancer or simply increase the ‘wow’ factor of body art.

Members of CEAL look through the University Libraries' Asian Studies collection.

University Libraries hosts CEAL annual meeting

March 28, 2019

More than 100 members of the Council on East Asian Libraries came to CU Boulder libraries as part of a pre-conference for their annual meeting.

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The unseen microbial world of amphibian skin

March 27, 2019

A far-reaching global study led by EBIO scientists has found that climate is a critical determinant of microbial diversity on amphibian skin.

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How funny works: The serious science of humor

March 26, 2019

What makes some jokes funny and others fall flat? And why do men win and women suffer when they’re funny at work?

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How to address distrust to create lasting change in education

March 26, 2019

Educational reform efforts that fail to address long-festering issues of distrust may be "doomed to failure," Dean Katherine Schultz argues in a new book.

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Attractive businesswomen viewed as less truthful, more fireable ‘femme fatales,’ new research shows

March 25, 2019

Attractive businesswomen are considered less trustworthy, less truthful and more worthy of being fired than less attractive women, according to new research.

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The ethics of artificial intelligence: Teaching computers to be good people

March 25, 2019

Real AI is lightyears away from the all-too-common sci-fi depiction of a heartlessly rational computer, though researchers are already grappling with ways to avoid the pitfalls you might see in the movies.

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