Hardware & Instrumentation
- Daily Camera—Research funding at the Â鶹ӰԺ has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 CU Â鶹ӰԺ-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.
- Photonics Online—A new variant of liquid crystal is at the core of CU Â鶹ӰԺ startup Polaris Electro-Opstics' technology. Designed as a seamless drop-in enhancer of silicon photonic chips, Polaris's modulator technology paves the way for the next generation of optical interconnects critical to the future of data center disaggregation.
- The Colorado Sun—Thornton-based Solid Power, a CU Â鶹ӰԺ spinout, has a $50 million federal grant to ramp up development of the solid-state EV batteries it considers the technology of the near-future in automobiles, putting the company closer to its goal of developing a mass production facility in the eastern U.S. or Korea.
- CU Â鶹ӰԺ Today—An international team of researchers led by an engineer at CU Â鶹ӰԺ has revealed the underlying mechanism behind battery degradation. Their discovery could help scientists to develop better batteries.