2024 cohort of CU Boulder’s Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator launches new startups

2024 cohort of CU Boulder’s Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator launches new startups

Sept. 13, 2024

“The first cohort of entrepreneurs have been in high gear since they were selected by the Venture Partners team last year and have risen to each challenge,” said Marta Zgagacz, senior director at Venture Partners and co-leader of Embark. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck approach, how we support our startups.”

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Sept. 12, 2024

An international team of researchers, led by an engineer at CU Boulder, has revealed the underlying mechanism behind battery degradation. Their findings, published in the journal Science, could help scientists advance energy storage technologies that would accelerate the transition to clean energy.

With Polaris Dawn’s launch, Colorado scientists will study vision changes in space

With Polaris Dawn’s launch, Colorado scientists will study vision changes in space

Sept. 10, 2024

Specialized optical equipment will gather data from astronauts’ eyes and analyze the results during and after the five-day Polaris Dawn mission. The research is a collaboration between Allie Hayman (Aerospace Engineering) and Prem Subramania (CU School of Medicine).

Fall faculty development events include PI Academy, Broader Impacts Expo, NASA Day and more

Fall faculty research development events include PI Academy, Broader Impacts Expo, NASA Day and more

Aug. 15, 2024

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO)'s Research Development team is offering a full slate of events this fall to help faculty find funding, engage with peers on core research topics, and prepare proposals for research, scholarship and creative work.

CU Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh and his team receive a Guinness Book of World Records award for most transparent material

CU Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh and his team receive a Guinness Book of World Records award for most transparent material

Aug. 15, 2024

The material—a synthetic gel-derived material known as aerogel—is around 97-99% transparent, compared to glass, which is around 92% transparent. The aerogel Smalyukh and his team have created can be added to windows to boost thermal insulation, increasing the overall efficiency of a building.

LASP’s Nicholas Kruczek awarded NASA technology fellowship

LASP’s Nicholas Kruczek awarded NASA technology fellowship

Aug. 15, 2024

Nick Kruczek, an instrument engineer in the solar and stellar science division at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics, has been named a NASA Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellow. The award recognizes early career researchers with innovative ideas to advance astrophysics flight programs and technology.

CU Boulder geologists win $1M Keck Foundation award to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle

CU Boulder geologists win $1M Keck Foundation award to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle

Aug. 8, 2024

Why did a frozen Earth coincide with an evolutionary spurt? That's the question Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson (Geological Sciences) aim to answer with the support of a recent award from the W.M. Keck Foundation. If they succeed, they would not only help unravel an evolutionary mystery, but also extend the temperature record of Earth by 2 billion years.

Massimo Ruzzene

Chancellor announces reporting shift for vice chancellor for research and innovation

Aug. 6, 2024

CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz today announced that Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation, will begin reporting directly to him, effective Aug. 30. Ruzzene currently reports to Provost Russell Moore, the chief academic officer of the campus.

Goddard Space Center Director Makenzie Lystrup, LASP Director Dan Baker and Congressman Joe Neguse

New agreement with NASA to advance national space weather capabilities

Aug. 5, 2024

Bolstering its longstanding collaboration with NASA, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder today enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The agreement will advance research and modeling in the critical field of space weather.

A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible

A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible

Aug. 1, 2024

In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong and stretchable and vary in shape and size. A CU Boulder-led team has taken a critical step toward cracking that code.

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