2022 Core Facility Assistance Grant and Voucher programs award $135K to faculty across disciplines

2022 Core Facility Assistance Grant and Voucher programs award $135K to faculty across disciplines

June 28, 2022

The programs, developed and managed by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO)'s Shared Instrumentation Network, are designed to support and grow the university's core facilities and available instrumentation, as well as the cutting-edge research these tools enable faculty to perform.

Colorado鈥檚 quantum revolution: How scientists exploring a universe of tiny things are transforming the state into a new Silicon Valley

Colorado鈥檚 quantum revolution: How scientists exploring a universe of tiny things are transforming the state into a new Silicon Valley

June 28, 2022

鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing to see all these companies building off of Nobel Prize-winning research,鈥 said Philip Makotyn, executive director of the CUbit Quantum Initiative, which connects quantum researchers and companies in Colorado. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just a rich ecosystem that doesn't exist anywhere else.鈥

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

June 23, 2022

Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Now, a CU 麻豆影院-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral鈥攁nd even carbon negative鈥攂y pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae.

Eberle to serve as interim director of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

Dr. Jaelyn Eberle to serve as interim director of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

The 麻豆影院 has named Dr. Jaelyn Eberle interim director of its University of Colorado Museum of Natural History effective July 1. Eberle was appointed to serve as interim director after an initial search to succeed current director Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek did not result in a hire. Eberle will maintain her academic tenure home in the Department of Geological Sciences.

Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines

Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines

June 15, 2022

鈥淭he blades are manufactured to be lightweight and very flexible, so they can align with the wind loads. That way, we can reduce the cost of the blades and bring down the cost of energy,鈥 said Mandar Phadnis, a graduate student in electrical, computer and energy engineering at CU 麻豆影院.

AB Nexus seeks interdisciplinary proposals for Fall 2022 Research Collaboration Grant Program

AB Nexus seeks interdisciplinary proposals for Fall 2022 Research Collaboration Grant Program

June 13, 2022

Since its launch in Fall 2020, the AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant Program has awarded over $2M to 30 teams featuring researchers from CU 麻豆影院 and CU Anschutz conducting innovative research involving basic, translational and clinical approaches.

Methane: As concerns rise about this greenhouse gas, CU startup works to plug leaks

Methane: As concerns rise about this greenhouse gas, CU startup works to plug leaks

June 8, 2022

Scientists at LongPath Technologies, a startup spun out of CU 麻豆影院, are using the company's Nobel Prize-winning tech to do what other technologies have struggled to do for years: detect natural gas, which is invisible to the eye, leaking from pipes in real time at oil and gas sites across Colorado.

Inaugural deep tech accelerator opens new doors and markets for campus startups

Inaugural deep tech accelerator opens new doors and markets for campus startups

June 7, 2022

Because breakthrough technology can be so substantial economically and socially (think sustainable energy, personalized medicine and quantum computing), the "deep tech" startup scene is rapidly growing鈥攂ut it faces special challenges. The Ascent accelerator helps founders effectively address them.

Latest AB Nexus grants advance innovative intercampus research projects

New collaborative grants advance innovative interdisciplinary research to improve human health and well-being

The AB Nexus program announced its fourth round of grant awards to faculty from the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and CU 麻豆影院. From advancing new cancer and diabetes treatments to developing AI tools to diagnose dementia, the selected teams bring together experts from multiple disciplines.

There鈥檚 a new commercial space race happening, and Colorado wants to win it

5280: There鈥檚 a new commercial space race happening, and Colorado wants to win it

June 2, 2022

Private aerospace companies are trying to mold a modern orbital ecosystem driven as much by profits as it is by exploration. Already home to the nation鈥檚 second largest commercial space economy, the Centennial State is a major launch pad in more ways than one.

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