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- Delores Knipp was interviewed by Vox for a new article about a pending reversal of the Sun's magnetic poles.The article, titled "The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying," discusses the regular shifting of the Sun's
- The Smead Program presents: Researchpalooza. Friday, February 9, 2024, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Aerospace Building. Students and faculty are invited to give 10-minute talks highlighting current research in a friendly and informal event. Sign up to present now!
- LiteWave Technologies, a spinout of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· and a subsidiary of Orion Space Solutions, has been acquired by Arcfield, a leading government technology and mission support provider. LiteWave’s core technology emerged from the lab of
- Lakshmi Kantha was interview by the Wall Street Journal for a new video on the Boeing X-37B. The uncrewed military space plane can stay aloft for over a year and recently started a new, classified mission. Kantha is a professor emeritus in the Ann
- Aviation Week has announced two University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as members of the "Class of 2024 20 Twenties Winners."The program recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world who are "
- The University of Colorado this week welcomed six new members to its roster of Distinguished Professors, a title signifying the highest honor awarded to faculty across the CU system’s four campuses. CU Distinguished Professors are tenured faculty
- Research in Hanspeter's Schaub's lab on real-life tractor beams is being highlighted in Live Science News. The technology, more officially called an electro-static tractor, is a project of Schaub's Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) laboratory. Schaub
- What is the "Iron Dome" that protects Israel from missile attacks and why did it fail on Oct. 7? Iain Boyd discusses missile defense systems in a new interview with Fox's LiveNOW network. Boyd is a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of
- How did so many Hamas missiles penetrate Israel’s state-of-the-art air defense system? ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· aerospace engineer Iain Boyd explains in The Conversation.
- The Front Range is a recognized hub for startups and technology firms; earlier this year, the CU system was honored as fifth in the nation for startup creation. With the state’s major aerospace presence, it is no surprise that many startups are aerospace-oriented.
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