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Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for quantum timekeeping

Sept. 4, 2024

Nuclear clocks, a new kind of quantum technology, could lead to improved timekeeping and navigation, faster internet speeds and advances in fundamental physics research.

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Team receives Guinness Book of World Records award for most transparent material

Aug. 22, 2024

Physics Professor and RASEI Fellow Ivan Smalyukh and his lab have set a Guinness world record for developing a transparent aerogel, which will boost thermal insulation in windows, increasing the overall energy efficiency of buildings.

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Studying the elephant-sized issues of living with elephants

Aug. 19, 2024

In recognition of World Elephant Day, Aug. 12, doctoral student and researcher Tyler Nuckols emphasizes that both groups are important in human-elephant coexistence.

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Laura Devendorf bridges engineering, craft communities

Aug. 16, 2024

The Unstable Design Lab director has embarked on the first phase of a years-long project to bring together engineering and craft communities to advance textile research across a range of scientific disciplines.

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Those with the biggest biases choose first, according to new math study

Aug. 12, 2024

In a new study, researchers created a sort of simulated voting booth—a space where people, or mathematical “agents,” with various biases could deliberate over decisions. The results may help reveal the mathematics of how the human brain acts when it needs to make a choice.

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AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race

Aug. 5, 2024

A growing number of AI technologies analyze the way people talk to screen for mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. A new study finds that they may not perform consistently across people from different demographic groups.

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Public-private partnership drives attention for ATLAS research

July 23, 2024

ACME Lab members built relationships with industry players through the Pervasive Personalized Intelligence Center by collaborating on solutions to challenges in building Internet of Things systems.

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Blockbuster science: Storm-chasing drone appears in ‘Twisters’

July 17, 2024

For years, CU Boulder engineers have helped to fly drones into the tumult of supercell thunderstorms across the United States' Tornado Alley. Now, their work will make an appearance in the summer blockbuster "Twisters."

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The hidden degree powering the internet

July 2, 2024

In an era of increased tech market turbulence, the network engineering field—the backbone of the internet—can’t fill jobs fast enough.

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Separating gases is hard but might get easier, researchers find

July 1, 2024

In a newly published study, CU Boulder chemist Wei Zhang details a new porous material that is less expensive and more sustainable.

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