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Futurum partnership puts CU research in the hands of younger students

Feb. 15, 2021

A swallowable, remote-controlled robot that roams around inside a person’s intestines, using tools to perform procedures and sending back a live video stream of this funky pink environment? Now that’s some seriously cool science.

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Scientists develop new, faster method for seeking out dark matter

Feb. 12, 2021

Researchers from JILA, Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, have used an innovative technique called "quantum squeezing" to dramatically speed up the search for one candidate for dark matter in the lab.

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New wearable device turns the body into a battery

Feb. 10, 2021

A team of engineers has developed a new device that you can wear like a ring or bracelet and that harvests energy from your own body heat.

A gypsum crystal

New kinds of liquid crystals resemble solid crystals, could improve computer and TV displays

Feb. 10, 2021

New kinds of liquid crystals developed at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· resemble gypsum or lazulite crystals—except they flow like fluids.

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Drum circle research envisions enjoyable remote jamming experiences

Jan. 20, 2021

Long before the pandemic sent people scrambling into isolation, musicians longed to jam virtually with others across the globe. But online jamming isn’t feasible because of latency, the tiny delay that occurs when data travels from one point to the next.

A close up photo of a mineral in rock

Philosopher, scientists propose new way to categorize minerals

Jan. 12, 2021

A ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· philosopher and planetary scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science argue that the existing system of mineral classification fails to account for mineral evolution.

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10 research discoveries from 2020 you won’t want to miss

Dec. 17, 2020

From diving Neanderthals to saliva-based COVID-19 tests, we remember the year in research at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·.

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Students can now access, study quantum science from wherever

Dec. 15, 2020

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s CUbit and ColdQuanta together have made the Bose-Einstein lab available on the cloud.

Cargo ship in the ocean

How commercial vessels could become tsunami early-warning systems

Dec. 10, 2020

If a tsunami formed along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of Oregon, residents might have just 20 to 30 minutes to get to safety. Scientists have proposed a new forecasting system that could provide seaside towns with critical early warnings.

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Building artificial intelligence to study the sun

Dec. 9, 2020

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers are leading a $496,000 grant to design an artificial intelligence system to better forecast solar magnetic eruptions on the sun.

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