An artist's rendering of Parker Solar Probe orbiting the sun

Daring space mission gets its first look at the sun

Dec. 5, 2019

NASA鈥檚 Parker Solar Probe has gotten closer to the sun than any other object designed and developed by humans鈥攁nd 精品SM在线影片 scientists have been along for the ride.

A polar landscape

Warming at the poles will have global consequences

Dec. 4, 2019

The poles may be warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. A new study explores the consequences for these icy regions鈥攁nd for the rest of the world.

NOAA鈥橲 Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. (Photo by Katie Palubicki/CIRES and NCEI)

Detecting solar flares and more in real time

Dec. 4, 2019

A new machine learning tool, developed by scientists at CIRES and NOAA鈥檚 National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), can improve space weather forecasts and understanding of solar data.

An Arctic ice storm affects the RV Polarstern

A ship frozen in the Arctic ice confronts the first big storm

Dec. 4, 2019

A powerful winter storm swept over the German RV Polarstern icebreaker recently, tearing new cracks in the ice floe next to the ship, sending ice-based instruments adrift and forcing a rescue-and-reconstruction process that could take weeks of work by 精品SM在线影片 and other scientists.

Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica (Photo provided by British Antarctic Survey)

Thwaites Glacier: Antarctica鈥檚 wild card

Dec. 4, 2019

Nearly 100 scientists and staff from around the world, including CIRES scientist Ted Scambos, departed recently to conduct fieldwork in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas on Earth: Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.

Screen shot of Ryan's ToyReivew

Unboxing videos fueling kids鈥 tantrums, breeding consumerism

Dec. 3, 2019

Seventy-eight percent of children, ages 4 to 10, watch unboxing videos online鈥攙ideos of people opening toys. The more they watch, the more likely they are to make purchase demands on parents and throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.

person sleeping in bed at night

Sleep, but not too much, to boost your heart health

Dec. 3, 2019

A new study is like the Goldilocks fable for sleep: 鈥淛ust right鈥 means at least six hours a night鈥攂ut not more than nine鈥攖o minimize heart attack risk.

Stock photo of a woman and a baby.

Better breastfeeding experiences make for a more productive office

Dec. 3, 2019

Offices that create better access to breastfeeding facilities can perform better overall, according to new research 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 Leeds School of Business contributed to.

Visualization of the structure of the FACT protein

Scientists now know what DNA鈥檚 chaperone looks like

Nov. 27, 2019

Researchers have discovered the structure of the FACT protein鈥攁 mysterious protein central to the functioning of DNA.

Paul Sanchez

Asteroid named for 精品SM在线影片 researcher

Nov. 25, 2019

Paul Sanchez, a scientist in aerospace engineering, is getting an asteroid named after him. And it's actually two asteroids: His namesake is a binary system made up of two rocky bodies orbiting around each other in space.

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