Lab Venture Challenge to spotlight next-gen campus innovations Nov. 3-4

Lab Venture Challenge to spotlight next-gen campus innovations Nov. 3-4

Oct. 19, 2021

Lab Venture Challenge (LVC)—which will take place virtually November 3-4, 2021—funds the university's top innovations that address a commercial need, have a clear path to a compelling market, and enjoy strong scientific support.

STROBE Nano-imaging center receives five-year, $22 million renewal from NSF

STROBE Nano-imaging center receives five-year, $22 million renewal from NSF

Oct. 19, 2021

A partnership between six institutions, led by CU «Ƶ, the Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging (STROBE) is pushing electron, X-ray and nano-optical imaging to their limits by integrating state-of-the-art microscopes with advanced algorithms and big data.

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

Oct. 19, 2021

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is slated to launch into space Sept. 27. The approximately $4 million spacecraft, a smaller-than-usual type of satellite known as a “CubeSat,” is about as large as a “family-sized box of Cheerios,” said LASP researcher Kevin France.

Tynt Technologies locks up $8.5M to engineer blackout windows

Tynt Technologies locks up $8.5M to engineer blackout windows

Oct. 14, 2021

Co-founded by CU «Ƶ professor Mike McGehee, Tynt has raised $8.5 million in seed funding to scale its reversible metal electrodeposition (RME) technology, which is used to create blackout windows that aim to increase home comfort, privacy and energy efficiency.

Engineering professor’s Nov. 2 lecture asserts that “size matters” when it comes to microscale sensors and machines¬

Engineering professor’s Nov. 2 lecture to explore how microscale sensors and machines are changing our world

Oct. 6, 2021

Victor M. Bright of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering will deliver his Distinguished Research Lecture “Microscale Sensors and Machines” virtually on Tuesday, November 2 from 4–5 p.m.

United Arab Emirates, LASP announce new mission to explore the asteroid belt

United Arab Emirates, LASP announce new mission to explore the asteroid belt

Oct. 6, 2021

The UAE Space Agency is embarking on a new space mission in collaboration with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU «Ƶ. The mission will build on the success of the UAE’s ongoing Emirates Mars Mission to visit a much more ambitious target: the asteroid belt.

Specific UV light wavelength could offer low-cost, safe way to curb COVID-19 spread

Specific UV light wavelength could offer low-cost, safe way to curb COVID-19 spread

Oct. 4, 2021

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus which causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new CU «Ƶ research. The findings could lead to new affordable, safe and highly effective systems for reducing viral spread.

Major research center for green building technology launches at CU «Ƶ

Major research center for green building technology launches at CU «Ƶ

Sept. 22, 2021

The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is a new, five-year multi-university initiative funded by the National Science Foundation to advance sustainable building projects ranging from HVAC manufacturing, to smart glazing for windows, building controls, insulation, as well as solar installations.

CIRES director rafts, talks climate resilience, with western senators

CIRES director rafts, talks climate resilience, with western senators

Sept. 20, 2021

CU «Ƶ climate scientist Waleed Abdalati, a professor of geography and director of CIRES, rafted a stretch of the Colorado River Saturday with senators Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), to talk about how Western communities can build greater resilience to climate and weather extremes.

New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

Sept. 15, 2021

Researchers at CU «Ƶ will take part in a $25M effort to study a natural resource that’s becoming increasingly in demand: the radio frequency spectrum. SpectrumX will bring together experts from 29 organizations to transform the landscape of spectrum research, education, collaboration and management.

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