Research
- In June, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams boarded the International Space Station (ISS), expecting a week-long stay in orbit. Now, they won’t return to Earth until February after a series of technical issues plagued the Boeing
- That ordinary smartphone in your pocket could be a powerful tool for investigating outer space.In a new study, researchers at Google and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· have transformed millions of Android phones across the globe into a fleet of nimble scientific
- Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization...
- Drone technology and atmospheric science instruments developed by the University of Colorado Boulder will be available to researchers nationwide through a new grant.The National Science Foundation has awarded ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· a three-year, $1 million
- Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards.Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a
- As part of a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in Antarctica, a research team led by Associate Dean for Research Mike Gooseff found that the unexpected melt followed by a rapid refreeze likely disrupted the life cycles of many organisms and killed a large swath of some invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
- In a new study, researchers from the United States and Israel — including ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· computer scientist Orit Peleg — may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin during the later decades of his life.
- Some artificial intelligence tools for health care may get confused by the ways people of different genders and races talk, according to a new study led by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· computer scientist Theodora Chaspari.
- The Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder received a $1M grant to fund interdisciplinary doctoral research training in biofabrication, a rapidly developing field which enables more precise and effective ways to study and treat various medical conditions, such as growing new organs for transplants or repairing damaged tissues.
- Elevate Quantum, of which ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, unlocking more than $127 million in new federal and state funding. The award is expected to drive more than $2 billion in additional private capital and cement the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.