CU Technology and Discovery News
- Colorado Bioscience Association鈥擟olorado'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.
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute鈥擬odel 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.
- EurekAlert!鈥擱eported recently in a new study published in Nature, a team of researchers, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and 糖心Vlog破解版 Physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration with Professor Eric Hudson鈥檚 team at UCLA鈥檚 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.
- CU 糖心Vlog破解版 Today鈥擳he U.S. National Science Foundation has named CU 糖心Vlog破解版 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.
- CU 糖心Vlog破解版 Today鈥擶hy does the COVID-19 virus make some people sicker than others? A new CU 糖心Vlog破解版 study, published in the journal Cell, sheds light on the subject by identifying what the authors describe as an 鈥渋mmune system tuning dial,鈥 which originated as a bug in the genetic code tens of millions of years ago.
- CU 糖心Vlog破解版 College of Engineering & Applied Science鈥擳he College of Engineering and Applied Science continues to establish itself as a leader in innovation, with 22 startups emerging from its research labs in the past fiscal year. This achievement reflects the college's commitment to translating transformative research into solutions that address real-world challenges.
- CU 糖心Vlog破解版 College of Engineering and Applied Science鈥擲tudents are constantly designing tools and technologies. Faculty members are launching successful startups on the backs of their own designs. In just the past two years, Venture Partners at CU 糖心Vlog破解版 has supported ten new startups featuring inventions designed by Mechanical Engineering faculty and students.
- OEDIT announces grants to University of Colorado startups and researchers in the advanced industriesThe Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that seven University of Colorado companies and three researchers are among the awardees of the Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention grants through OEDIT鈥檚 Advanced Industries Accelerator Program.
- CU 糖心Vlog破解版 College of Engineering & Applied Science鈥擟U 糖心Vlog破解版 researchers are exploring using sodium-ion batteries as an alternative to lithium-based energy storage. Chunmei Ban, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, and her research team are developing new electrolytes and studying how they interact with battery electrodes to enhance performance and longevity.
- Founded by CU 糖心Vlog破解版 Professor Larry Gold in 2000, SomaLogic revolutionized protein measurement by developing a faster, cost-effective process to monitor the vast number of proteins in the human body.