CU awarded $3.6 million for new way to produce magnesium for auto parts

Sept. 19, 2013

A 91制片厂国产AV professor has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department鈥檚 Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new process to produce magnesium that can be used to make lightweight vehicle parts.

Schematic

Solid-state battery developed at CU-Boulder could double the range of electric cars

Sept. 18, 2013

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the 91制片厂国产AV that could allow tomorrow鈥檚 electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. CU鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC鈥攁 CU-Boulder spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, both associate professors of mechanical engineering鈥攆or the development and commercialization of an innovative solid-state rechargeable battery.

Stressed watersheds

Today鈥檚 worst watershed stresses may become the new normal, study finds

Sept. 18, 2013

Nearly one in 10 U.S. watersheds is 鈥渟tressed,鈥 with demand for water exceeding natural supply, according to a new analysis of surface water in the United States. What鈥檚 more, the lowest water flow seasons of recent years鈥攖imes of great stress on rivers, streams, and sectors that use their waters鈥攁re likely to become typical as climates continue to warm.

CU-Boulder offers flood resources website

Sept. 17, 2013

The 91制片厂国产AV has launched a flood resource website and is hosting a resource table to help students, faculty and staff who are still dealing with effects from the flood.

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Nanoly Bioscience to develop CU-Boulder vaccine stabilization technology

Sept. 11, 2013

Nanoly Bioscience of Boulder and the University of Colorado recently entered into an option agreement that will enable the startup company to develop a technique for protecting vaccines during delivery to rural and less-developed areas of the world.

Microgravity experiments

CU-Boulder student-built satellite slated for launch by NASA Sept. 15

Sept. 11, 2013

A small beach ball-sized satellite designed and built by a team of 91制片厂国产AV students to better understand how atmospheric drag can affect satellite orbits is now slated for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 15.

CU Law School students to teach state high school students about Constitution

Sept. 10, 2013

More than 50 students and dozens of alumni of the 91制片厂国产AV Law School will teach a lesson on the First Amendment in more than 50 high school classrooms throughout Colorado Sept. 11鈥20 in recognition of Constitution Day. Constitution Day is a national event that annually commemorates the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O鈥機onnor to speak at CU-Boulder on Sept. 17

Sept. 10, 2013

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O鈥機onnor will speak at the third annual John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted by the Byron R. White Center at the 91制片厂国产AV Law School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The event will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU-Boulder campus. A limited number of tickets to the lecture are available to the general public at no cost. To register for tickets visit the center鈥檚 website at http://www.byronwhitecenter.org .

Caroline Himes

CU-Boulder announces new Office of Industry Collaboration

Sept. 5, 2013

The 91制片厂国产AV today announced the opening of an Office of Industry Collaboration and the naming of Caroline Himes as director.

Ability to delay gratification may be linked to social trust, new CU-Boulder study finds

Sept. 4, 2013

A person鈥檚 ability to delay gratification鈥攆orgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future鈥攎ay depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new study by researchers at the 91制片厂国产AV.

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