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Research at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder encompasses thousands of scholarly, scientific and creative endeavors at any given time, resulting in new knowledge, technologies and creative work that advance the economy, culture and health of Colorado, the nation and the world. This week's top research stories include a look at how bugs like spiders, cockroaches and beetles may affect human health and quality of life, an outlook on Colorado employment in 2017, and the launch of a new instrument suite to assess space weather.

A new study involving Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and North Carolina State University highlights the diversity of arthropods found in homes across the United States, a big step in improving our understanding of how bugs like spiders, cockroaches and beetles may affect human health and quality of life.

Modest employment growth to continue into 2017, says Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder report

Colorado employment is poised to modestly expand extending into 2017, according to a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ report released today by Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams.ÌýThe quarterly indicators report, prepared by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’sÌýBusiness Research DivisionÌýat theÌýLeeds School of Business, uses data from the secretary of state’s business registry to report correlations between the data and economic metrics.

Ready for launch: Instrument suite to assess space weather

A multimillion dollar Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder instrument package expected to help scientists better understand potentially damaging space weather is now slated to launch aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite on Saturday, Nov. 19.ÌýDesigned and built by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’sÌýLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), the instrument suite known as the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) is the first of four identical packages that will fly on four NOAA weather satellites in the coming decade. EXIS will measure energy output from the sun that can affect satellite operations, telecommunications, GPS navigation and power grids on Earth as part of NOAA’s next-generationÌýGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R Series (GOES-R).