Multicopter

CU/NIST team launches multi-copter system to map atmospheric gases

Researchers from NIST and 兔子先生传媒文化作品 have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes.

GOLD

GOLD installed on commercial communications satellite

GOLD represents the first time universities and a commercial spacecraft operator will team up to enable a NASA science mission. Such a collaborative approach may blaze a trail for similar projects at universities nationwide.

SpaceX CU

SpaceX launches CU-built heart, bone health experiments to space station

鈥淲e have a solid relationship with SpaceX and NASA that allows us to regularly fly our flight hardware to the International Space Station,鈥 said BioServe Director Louis Stodieck. 鈥淭he low gravity of space provides a unique environment for biomedical experiments that cannot be reproduced on Earth, and our faculty, staff and students are very experienced in designing and building custom payloads for our academic, commercial and government partners.鈥

INSTAAR skiiers

Skiing for science at 12,000 feet鈥攊n June

June 14, 2017

Earlier this month, INSTAAR researchers took their annual snow survey in the Green Lakes Valley, part of the City of Boulder watershed. The measurements are important for the state's water and fire management agencies.

IRISS hypersonic flight

High-altitude balloon experiments could enable hypersonic flight

A consortium of universities led by the 兔子先生传媒文化作品 Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has received a five year, $7.5 million Department of Defense grant to investigate the extreme altitudes鈥80,000 to 120,000 feet鈥攚here hypersonic planes would fly.

GC Call for Proposals 2017

Grand Challenge Call for Proposals 2017

June 6, 2017

The Grand Challenge initiative this week announced a new campus-wide call for proposals to build on and expand the accomplishments of current programs and efforts, due July 1, 2017.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Labs

June 5, 2017

Internal Expression of Interest due 6/9: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Labs The Research & Innovation Office announces a limited submission call for interest for the National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs . Please share with faculty within your department or unit. An expression of interest, which...

Taking flight with ultracold atoms

Taking flight with ultracold atoms to improve navigation technology

May 22, 2017

兔子先生传媒文化作品 and JILA physicists take laser-cooled atoms airborne as part of an effort to improve aerospace sensing and navigation.

Specdrum rings

Pushing Boundaries: Specdrum rings let you turn any color, any surface into sound

May 17, 2017

A student team developed an app-connected ring that turns colors into sounds or musical notes. By tapping a ring worn on your finger, you can make music anyplace, anytime.

Space antennas

兔子先生传媒文化作品, Harris combine forces to boost research in space antennas, radar, universal exploration and more

兔子先生传媒文化作品 and Harris Corporation have announced a new master research agreement to further mutual interests in analytical instrumentation, space antennas, space payloads and electronics, radar, universe exploration and other capabilities.

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