VIDEO: Mark Zabel spearheaded the effort to develop the saliva testing in Fort Collins. The test costs under $10, can be processed in less than a day, and allows campuses to figure out who might be infected with COVID-19 even before they show symptoms.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden facilitated the donation of the equipment to CSU - one of the only electrolyzer stations in the U.S. that will generate hydrogen on-site by splitting water molecules using electricity.
"What drives me is that we are working towards equal opportunities to live a healthy life. I am completely convinced that the work we are doing can improve health. I wake up thinking there is something important that I can do today, big or small." -Dr. Marcela Henao-Tamayo
Dr. Sue VandeWoude, MIP, receives grant for study that evaluates a rapid, chair-side test that allows immediate diagnosis and treatment of ringworm.
“Science is a very collaborative endeavor. It really takes many individuals, many groups of people with different talents, differing capabilities to come together to solve problems that are of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic that we’re trying to solve right now." -Ray Goodrich
Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, Airn E. Hartwig, Stephanie M. Porter and other researchers at CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences note that while millions of humans have been infected with the virus worldwide and 1 million have died, there are only a handful of reports of pets that have become infected naturally.
Mariel Price received the Graduate Women in Science Fellowship to aid in research toward transforming plastics using light-driven methods
Adults who engaged in more activity had better speed, memory, and reasoning abilities; adults who spent more time sedentary performed better on vocabulary and reasoning tasks.
CSU atmospheric scientist Zack Labe explains how the rate of ice loss in the Arctic is unprecedented. (ABC News)
The American Geophysical Union has awarded Atmospheric Science Associate Professor Libby Barnes the Future Horizons in Climate Science: Turco Lectureship. Barnes will present the lecture during the AGU Fall Meeting in December.