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CU Boulder’s Elementary Arts Lab imaginings new ways to teach science

July 31, 2023

Founder Emma Antonio – a chemical and biological engineering postdoc – wants children to see science in the world around them and believes the arts provide an access point for exploration and experimentation.

Shape-shifting display

3D display could soon bring touch to the digital world

July 31, 2023

The device at CU Boulder is made from a 10-by-10 grid of soft robotic “muscles” that can sense outside pressure and pop up to create patterns. It’s precise enough to generate scrolling text and fast enough to shake a chemistry beaker filled with fluid.

Duong Nguyen

New membrane filtering technology at CU Boulder could help address water scarcity issues

July 21, 2023

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a new membrane water filtration system based around air bubbles that can help address water scarcity issues around the world.

Svenja Knappe

Physicist-turned-engineer earns international recognition for quantum contributions

July 13, 2023

Svenja Knappe has been awarded the prestigious Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Award, given to researchers who have had a lasting effect on their discipline beyond their immediate research area, wish to collaborate with specialist colleagues in Germany and contribute to promoting diversity in the STEM disciplines.

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National Science Foundation REU grant will support summer undergraduate research into materials science and engineering

July 7, 2023

Undergraduate students interested in materials research will get a boost at the University of Colorado Boulder next summer thanks to a new Research Experience for Undergraduates grant from the National Science Foundation. The Materials Science and Engineering Program is receiving a three year award from NSF to support a 10-week...

This home in Boulder County survived the Marshall Fire while others nearby weren't as fortunate. (Credit: Caroline Frischmon)

Weeks later, potentially harmful chemicals lingered in homes affected by Marshall Fire

July 6, 2023

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.

Karan Dikshit

CU Boulder adhesive research could boost medicine, electronics, and the environment

June 29, 2023

Karan Dikshit (PhDMatSci’22) is the first author on a paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces around new adhesive materials that not only allow for easy sticking and unsticking but could eventually contribute to sustainability efforts around the globe.

Nick Bottenus

Bottenus lands prestigious research award from Boettcher Foundation

June 22, 2023

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.

Graphic showing asteroids near Earth

Researchers narrow down list of potentially hazardous asteroids

June 13, 2023

Researchers from CU Boulder and NASA have completed a census of hundreds of large asteroids orbiting near Earth—gauging which ones could come precariously close to our planet over the next thousand years.

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New AB Nexus awardees advance innovative research collaborations

June 12, 2023

The intercampus program supports multidisciplinary research partnerships between CU Anschutz and CU Boulder.

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