CU Technology and Discovery News

Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:17:16 +0000

Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations Daniel Corbin … Mon, 03/24/2025 - 13:17

CU �鶹ӰԺ College of Engineering and Applied Science—As the principal investigator of a $7.5 million, five-year Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), Hussein is leading an effort to reshape the fundamental character of fluid-structure interactions to reduce drag on high-speed aerospace vehicles—the focus of the project.

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New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:51:59 +0000

New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit Daniel Corbin … Mon, 02/17/2025 - 12:51

CU �鶹ӰԺ College of Engineering and Applied Science—A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU �鶹ӰԺ has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics.

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Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:06:32 +0000

Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation Daniel Corbin … Thu, 01/09/2025 - 06:06

FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at CU �鶹ӰԺ to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

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A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:53:52 +0000

A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon Daniel Corbin … Tue, 01/07/2025 - 11:53

New CU �鶹ӰԺ research suggests a surprising tool that could help with weight loss: Exposure to beneficial bacteria. With assistance from Venture Partners, a new startup Kioga will pursue new microbe-based ingredients for preventing weight gain and promoting health.

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Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:22:37 +0000

Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023 Daniel Corbin … Sat, 12/21/2024 - 13:22

Colorado Bioscience Association—Colorado's life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023, demonstrating the resilience of life sciences companies and organizations in the state during a challenging year for U.S. life sciences fundraising.

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Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:46:42 +0000

Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award Daniel Corbin … Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:46

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute—Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an established control technique that is popular in the general control systems community. The MPC approach could have significant impacts on how wind turbines are controlled, not only improving their efficiency, but also reducing structural stress on the turbines and extending their lifetimes.

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Building a safer and more affordable nuclear clock

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:43:12 +0000

Building a safer and more affordable nuclear clock Daniel Corbin … Wed, 12/18/2024 - 12:43

EurekAlert!—Reported recently in a new study published in Nature, a team of researchers, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and �鶹ӰԺ Physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration with Professor Eric Hudson’s team at UCLA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, have found a way to make nuclear clocks a thousand times less radioactive and more cost-effective, thanks to a method creating thin films of thorium tetrafluoride.

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New project aims to advance secure communications through quantum technology

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:34:16 +0000

New project aims to advance secure communications through quantum technology Daniel Corbin … Wed, 12/18/2024 - 12:34

CU �鶹ӰԺ Today—The U.S. National Science Foundation has named CU �鶹ӰԺ a collaborator on newly announced pilot projects supported by the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) initiative. This groundbreaking effort seeks to accelerate the development of quantum technologies and make cutting-edge quantum tools accessible to researchers nationwide. To do this, the NSF has funded 11 pilot projects (with six announced Dec. 16) to overcome the current engineering challenges facing the development of quantum devices.

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Why does the COVID-19 virus sicken some more than others? Discovery sheds light

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:05:04 +0000

Why does the COVID-19 virus sicken some more than others? Discovery sheds light Daniel Corbin … Thu, 12/12/2024 - 13:05

CU �鶹ӰԺ Today—Why does the COVID-19 virus make some people sicker than others? A new CU �鶹ӰԺ study, published in the journal Cell, sheds light on the subject by identifying what the authors describe as an “immune system tuning dial,” which originated as a bug in the genetic code tens of millions of years ago.

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Can pythons help treat heart disease? A CU scientist is aiming to find out

Daniel Corbin Leonard — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:54:44 +0000

Can pythons help treat heart disease? A CU scientist is aiming to find out Daniel Corbin … Wed, 12/04/2024 - 12:54

The Colorado Sun—Professor Leslie Leinwand (BioFrontiers Institute) and her lab want to know how python hearts grow and shrink so fast—and whether that could lead to treatments for humans.

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CU Technology and Discovery News

Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations

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​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit

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Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation

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A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon

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Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023

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Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award

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Building a safer and more affordable nuclear clock

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New project aims to advance secure communications through quantum technology

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Why does the COVID-19 virus sicken some more than others? Discovery sheds light

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Can pythons help treat heart disease? A CU scientist is aiming to find out

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New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit