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Researchers have discovered a single species of bacteria living in a volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth

Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers.

At 6:51 p.m. on April 18, a rocket carrying NASA’s latest space satellite, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), blasted off from Cape Canaveral. CU �Ǹ�Թ� Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience “terrifying but incredible.”

Two CU �Ǹ�Թ� professors are among the latest group of scientists, politicians, artists and more elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science.

Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see aging of their blood vessels reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new CU �Ǹ�Թ� research.

Researchers at CU �Ǹ�Թ� have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.

Gesel Mason's performance of “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” at the Billie Holiday Theater made The New York Times' top 10 list.

Elspeth Dusinberre will deliver the 112th Distinguished Research Lecture at CU �Ǹ�Թ� on Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. in the UMC’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. Her talk is titled “Archaeology, Imperialism and What it Means to Be Human.”

In the five decades since a landmark presidential commission on crime, cops and courts have begun taking domestic violence more seriously, but much work remains to be done, says Joanne Belknap, a �Ǹ�Թ� professor of ethnic studies.

Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, according to a new study by CU �Ǹ�Թ�.