Research

At Q-SEnSE, an NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute led by CU Boulder, multidisciplinary teams investigate promising solutions to formidable quantum challenges. In this recently released video, watch Q-SEnSE leaders, faculty and students discuss just a few of their recent projects.

An exceptionally versatile and promising NIST technology now available for patent licensing or a CRADA is the "Atomic Magnetometer and method of sensing of magnetic fields."

Potentially harmful chemicals generated by the Marshall Fire in late 2021 may have lingered inside some Boulder County homes for weeks after the disaster—hiding in small particles of dust that residents could have mixed back into the air when they vacuumed carpets or turned on fans, according to recent research.

Assistant Professor Marina Vance of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award for research that will investigate the use of fixed-location and mobile low-cost air quality monitors in Indonesia.

Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award for research advancing the state of ultrasound molecular imaging.

Thanks to research carried out by Professor MacCurdy and Professor Whiting, the development of robots with human-like muscles that produce autonomous movement are one step closer to becoming a reality.

As the COVID-19 virus began to sweep across the U.S. in March 2020, the university convened a group of experts who would help shape the campus response. The priority of “the Team,” as the committee came to be known, quickly became the safety of the CU Boulder community.

Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis.

New seed grants available for Colorado research institutions and industry partners aim to incentivize innovation and develop the quantum workforce of the future.

Dean Keith Molenaar said the college’s climb from No. 20 public in 2016 to No. 10 public in 2024 represents a commitment to leading large-scale interdisciplinary research that generates fundamental knowledge and translates to positive impact on society.