Seed funding provided for 13 CSU research groups
The Pre-Catalyst for Innovative Partnerships (PRECIP) program was created to provide seed funding and support for new, early-stage research partnerships.
Category: "Research"
The light stuff: A brand-new way to produce electron spin currents
CSU physicists are the first to demonstrate using non-polarized light to produce what's called a spin voltage – a unit of power produced from the quantum spinning of an individual electron.
Island foxes may need genetic rescue
New CSU-led research uncovers a hidden danger to the future viability of some island fox populations.
National survey to examine drug use among American Indian youth
The Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research has been awarded a five-year, $2.98 million grant to conduct surveys with middle and high school Native youth.
Study points to cannabis' effect on emotion processing
A new study suggests that cannabis significantly affects users' ability to recognize, process and empathize with human emotions.
‘Natural selection’ could lead to amazing new materials
Chemistry faculty members Amy Prieto and Jamie Neilson have been jointly awarded $1 million from the Keck Foundation to develop a novel method for discovering new, functional materials.
Soil biodiversity, bodily perception, plant genetics at AAAS
The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, taking place Feb. 11-15 in Washington, D.C., will include CSU researchers sharing the latest from their laboratories, and exciting up-and-coming trends in their fields.
Planning for a disease outbreak? There's a game for that.
Computer scientists and statisticians are creating powerful new software that can predict, simulate and analyze a major livestock disease outbreak.
Location, location, location: Bat survival depends on it
Bat body type, and the environmental conditions bats use in their hibernation sites, may explain species differences in bat mortality from a common fungal infection.
Plague-riddled prairie dogs a model for infectious disease spread
Sporadic outbreaks of plague among black-tailed prairie dogs could lend insight into the spread of infectious zoonotic disease, say CSU biologists.