Research Report - Hunting for Antarctic meteorites; optical tweezers for computers; and more from CU Boulder

This winter, CU Boulder researchers traveled to Antarctica to find ancient space rocks that crashed to Earth eons ago. The tiny meteorites may hold clues to the geological composition of Mars and other worlds. Read more at the Daily Camera.

FUNDING: NASA

Researchers from across the University of Colorado system are developing a technique that can quickly and easily remove slimy antibiotic-resistant bacteria that lead to mouth infections. Read more about the research.

Trapping single atoms in a grid is like herding cats, but CU Boulder physicists have successfully used laser-based optical tweezers to do so, marking a big leap forward in the development of quantum computers. Read more at Live Science.

FUNDING: NIST

A new CU Boulder study, which is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, assessed genomic data from 620,000 individuals and found that 18 highly-studied genes could not be conclusively linked to depression symptoms, upending findings from hundreds of studies over the last 25 years. Read more about the research.