Nature Catalysis cover

Research breakthrough could boost clean energy production

Sept. 16, 2024

Professor Hendrik Heinz and his CU Boulder team, along with collaborators from University of California, Los Angeles, achieved a breakthrough that could boost clean energy production. The research was featured on the cover of the journal “Nature Catalysis” in July. In the study, researchers pinpointed the active sites of tiny...

Matt Davidson, a research associate in the Burdick Lab, shows off a 3D-printed material that could be used for a variety of medical applications.

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

Aug. 6, 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, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, has taken a critical...

Mija Hubler in lab

Building Blocks

July 31, 2024

Prometheus Materials eyes expansion through increased production Traditional cement production is responsible for about 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, making it a significant contributor to climate change. So faculty at CU Boulder started developing a greener alternative. A Department of Defense-funded project launched in 2016 led to the...

Morgan Riffe (left), a PhD candidate in Materials Science & Engineering, looks on while Meg Cooke, PhD, research associate in the BioFrontiers Institute, points to 3D printing biomaterial scaffolds that use an extrusion printer.

CU Boulder receives $1M grant to advance biofabrication training for PhD students

July 15, 2024

CU Boulder's Materials Science and Engineering Program received a $1M grant to fund doctoral research training in biofabrication, a field that enables precise and effective ways to study and treat medical conditions, such as growing new organs or repairing damaged tissues.

 Assistant Professor Wyatt Shields presents at the 2023 Packard Fellows retreat.

Wyatt Shields selected as Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

May 20, 2024

Wyatt Shields has been honored with a 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award for his contributions to teaching and research on medical microrobots , self-propelled miniature robots that one day might deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body. PhD Student Nicole Day presents her research to Northglenn High...

Stephanie Bryant, a materials scientist in the BioFrontiers Institute at CU Boulder, works in her lab. Bryant is leading a Colorado team seeking to end osteoarthritis.

Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in 5 years

March 26, 2024

Imagine a day when joints could heal themselves. At the first inkling of a creaky knee, patients could get a single shot in the joint that would not only stop their cartilage and bone from eroding, but kick start its regrowth. In more advanced cases, that shot might also deliver...

Mike McGehee

Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

March 22, 2024

The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert electricity more efficiently than today’s panels. In a new paper published February 26 in the journal Nature Energy, a CU Boulder researcher and his international...

Images: Mike McGehee and Tomas Leitjens working on solar cells; a stacked illustration of how the perovskite layer (purple layer) will be laid on top of the existing silicon technology (grey-scaled layer), representing both the monolithic and mechanically stacked configurations.

Advancing next-gen solar technology

Dec. 13, 2023

National CU Boulder-led consortium aims to enable the commercialization of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has funded a major new research consortium at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at CU Boulder. Tandems for Efficient and Advanced Modules using Ultrastable...

Solar panels on high rise roofs.

A new kind of solar cell is coming: is it the future of green energy?

Nov. 30, 2023

Prof. Mike McGehee is featured in this Nature article...

Elliot Strand in a greenhouse.

PhD graduate earns Best Thesis Award for printed organic electronics research

Nov. 14, 2023

Elliot Strand (MatSci PhD'23) is being honored for his PhD research, “Printed Organic Electronics for Plant and Environmental Monitoring." Strand successfully defended his thesis earlier this year and is now receiving the 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award from...

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