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Harvesting solar energy, crops: CSU researches agrivoltaics’ possibilities

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter February 27, 2025

As climate change accelerates and competition for land resources increases, researchers are seeking innovative solutions to balance food production with renewable energy generation. At Colorado State University,...

Postdoctoral researcher, Sere Williams is sitting and dropping water samples into test tubes at a desk in her lab where she’s working on research under NASA’s astrobiology grant in the Molecular and Radiological Biosciences building on Colorado State University’s main campus on Tuesday, February 18. “It looks like being in the lab all the time. It looks like extracting DNA. It looks like reading papers,” Dr. Williams said.

CSU aids in NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life

Riley Paling, Staff Reporter February 27, 2025

What is life? This is the typical big question scientists have been trying to answer for millenniums. But this time, the big question is: Where is life? Colorado State University's Santangelo Lab, housed...

Honeybee pollinates flowers

CSU’s AI tutoring system shapes future of pollinator conservation

Mckenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter February 24, 2025

There are more than 1,000 bee species in Colorado alone. Although pollinators are responsible for one-third of our diet, their populations have been on the decline. It was facts such as these that motivated...

Love bombing: What it is, how it works

Love bombing: What it is, how it works

Caden Proulx, Staff Reporter February 20, 2025

Love bombing is a misunderstood phenomenon yet a situation increasingly common for people to find themselves in. While being a form of abuse, love bombing often has easily disguised signs and deep roots...

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CSU research shows promise in destroying forever chemicals

Ella Dorpinghaus, Staff Reporter February 17, 2025

Originally published in Nature, a scientific paper led by a Colorado State University-based team announced massive strides in technology that can be used to break down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl...

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Kelp Lab translates discoveries to public through science communication research

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 17, 2025

The process of translating complicated, multidimensional scientific findings into simple language is an intricate process. Colorado State University’s Kelp Laboratory is seeking to understand the science...

Dr. Sara Garvey speaks to her class Psychology of Human Sexuality where she talks about female gential mutilation and the difference between that and male circumcision. "femal genital mutilation has no known health benefits, whereas male circuimcision is done for religious purposes, and social customs as 80-90% of the US male population is circumsized.." Feb. 7.

Let’s talk about sex: Exploring the psychology of human sexuality

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 13, 2025

Sex: a mechanism as tangential to humans as eating, breathing and surviving. While not discussed openly, Colorado State University students are confronting societal norms in the Psychology of Human Sexuality...

CSU anthropology ranked top 5 in US for research spending

CSU anthropology ranked top 5 in US for research spending

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter February 13, 2025

Colorado State University’s department of anthropology and geography has been ranked among the top five anthropology programs in the nation for research spending by the Higher Education Research and...

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Communication studies powers every field as science of its own

McKenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter February 10, 2025

Often confused with being limited to one's daily interactions with friends, communication studies are much more than the facile course load many believe it to be. Communication is a science. “You...

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Smoke signals: CSU studies wildfire impact on firefighter reproductive health

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 5, 2025

As large-scale wildfires erupt around the world at an ever-increasing rate and scale, understanding of the health effects of smoke inhalation are of critical importance. While lung and respiratory system...

Image of student-designed plates hanging on the wall at the "Community Smog" exhibition by Kim Abeles at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in the University Center for the Arts.

‘Community Smog’ exhibit visualizes wildfire pollution through art

Evan Borman, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

The five senses are incapable of perceiving reality — which is to say, air pollution and the effects of climate change. "Community Smog" is a collaboration between artist Kim Abeles and the community...

A graphic with the words Collegian Science surrounded by small, cartoon-like drawings of DNA, an atom and bacteria.

Discover these 5 hidden gem research labs at CSU

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 4, 2025

From understanding how humans are shaped by their local environment to the cutting edge technology of virtual reality and transcranial magnetic stimulation that are reshaping scientific fields, here is...

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