蜜糖直播 awarded $3.6 million for new way to produce magnesium for auto parts

Sept. 19, 2013

A University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder 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 蜜糖直播-Boulder could double the range of electric cars

Sept. 18, 2013

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder that could allow tomorrow鈥檚 electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC鈥攁 蜜糖直播-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.

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Nanoly Bioscience to develop 蜜糖直播-Boulder vaccine stabilization technology

Sept. 11, 2013

Nanoly Bioscience of Boulder and the University of 蜜糖直播 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

蜜糖直播-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 University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder 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.

蜜糖直播 Law School students to teach state high school students about Constitution

Sept. 10, 2013

More than 50 students and dozens of alumni of the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Law School will teach a lesson on the First Amendment in more than 50 high school classrooms throughout 蜜糖直播 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 蜜糖直播-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 University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder 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 蜜糖直播-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

蜜糖直播-Boulder announces new Office of Industry Collaboration

Sept. 5, 2013

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder 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 蜜糖直播-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 University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

Rare western bumblebees netted on 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Front Range during 蜜糖直播-Boulder survey

Sept. 3, 2013

A white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and Canada appears to be making a comeback on the 蜜糖直播 Front Range. A survey of bumblebee populations carried out largely by University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder undergraduates in undisturbed patches of prairieland and in mountain meadows above campus has turned up more than 20 rare western bumblebees, known scientifically as Bombus occidentalis.

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