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A Message to Our Community: U.S. Capitol Violence

Jan. 8, 2021

We must recognize that the individuals involved in yesterday’s incident are a part of America, while also demonstrating that behaviors, values, and beliefs of white supremacy, patriarchy, and overall oppression will not be accepted nor tolerated.

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Seeds of change: ATLAS students present paper on poverty cycles in rural India

Jan. 8, 2021

When three first-year ATLAS master's students in the Social Impact track of the Creative Technology and Design master’s program learned of the staggering suicide rate of male farmers in rural India and the suffering that ensues for their surviving family members, they wanted to explore effective interventions.

Nicole Labbe

Nicole Labbe will explore high-altitude ignition

Jan. 8, 2021

Labbe's research focuses on chemical kinetics, renewable fuels, combustion modeling, reactive flows. Her project is titled “Kinetic Behavior of Post-Flameout Ignition Events.”

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Mechanical researchers featured in Biomaterials Science

Jan. 5, 2021

Yu Gao, a postdoctoral associate in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the lead author of a new paper in Biomaterials Science that is highlighted on the back cover.

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Nanostructure research reveals new ways to direct heat flow in tech devices

Jan. 5, 2021

New findings from CU Boulder researchers in Physical Review Applied show that nanoscale structures on the surfaces of silicon membranes can significantly change the way that heat travels through the bulk of the membrane.

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The Year's Top CU Engineering Moments

Dec. 22, 2020

Looking back, 2020 was a year unlike any other (some might even say, “unprecedented”), but that didn’t stop us from doing what we do best: engineering. That’s why we gathered our top 10 moments to wrap up 2020.

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Research on salmon genetics could aid in conservation, human genome understanding

Dec. 16, 2020

A new paper co-authored by CU Boulder researchers on Atlantic salmon could have far-reaching implications for conservation and farming of the iconic species, as well as our overall understanding of genetics.

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Mobilizing women to lead tech

Dec. 11, 2020

Novel program emboldens business and engineering students to crack the hi-tech ceiling.

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Mortenson Center leading work to study trail bridge use in rural Rwanda

Dec. 10, 2020

A team from the center recently published results from a pilot impact evaluation of trail bridges in rural Rwanda in PLOS ONE. They installed sensors to monitor use at 12 bridge sites constructed by Denver-based nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity.

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How a simple smell test could curb COVID-19 and help reopen the economy

Dec. 9, 2020

A simple, scratch-and-sniff test could play a key role in curbing the spread of COVID-19, at a fraction of the cost of high-tech tests that are difficult to scale and take longer to return results, new CU Boulder research suggests.

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