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Vitro3D , a CU Boulder startup pioneering volumetric 3D printing for life sciences, just closed its first investment round of $1.3 million . The hard-won vote of confidence from the investment community will allow the promising new venture to pursue ambitious technical advances while continuing to build critical business capacity...

Research into quantum engineering may provide a number of significant advancements in sensor technology, but optical loss and signal noise have – until recently – held these applications back. In “Realistic model of entanglement-enhanced sensing in optical fibers” published in Optics Express earlier this year, the Optics and Photonics Research...

One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in our satellites, cars and electronics may all be living their second, 25th or 250th lives. New research from CU Boulder, published in Nature Chemistry , details how a class of durable plastics widely used in the aerospace and microelectronics industries can...

In a banner year that has included receiving five distinguished research awards, Wyatt Shields , assistant professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering , has been awarded one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious awards for young investigators: a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile...

A series of buzzing, bee-like “loop-currents” could explain a recently discovered, never-before-seen phenomenon in a type of quantum material. The findings from researchers at CU Boulder may one day help engineers develop new kinds of devices, such as quantum sensors or the quantum equivalent of computer memory storage devices. The...

The Breakthrough Energy Foundation has announced research by Wil Srubar is being recognized with a fellows award to support the development of cutting-edge climate technologies. The foundation, a climate and sustainability organization created by Bill Gates, seeks to promote net zero energy solutions. Srubar, an associate professor who has conducted...

Virtual "Meet MSE at CU Boulder" events Thursday, Sept. 29 & Thursday, Oct. 6 9:00-10:00am MST Zoom link Curious about Materials Science at CU Boulder? Join either of our upcoming Meet MSE virtual events to talk with current grad students, ask questions, and learn more about our program! CU Boulder...

Close to 200 scientists and engineers came together for a special materials conference to share their research and discuss collaborations at the University of Colorado Boulder. The 2022 Innovation in Materials Science Symposium was held Aug. 11-12 and sponsored by the Materials Science & Engineering Program...

The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility will host a day-long workshop and training session on Material 3D-Nanofabrication and Characterization from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Aug. 9 on CU Boulder’s Campus in the Gallogly Discovery Learning Center.

Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone. Now, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help...