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Interdisciplinary team receives $1.8M for audacious robot-building project

Nov. 11, 2022

Robots help build cars, fly planes, fight wars and provide health care; they play a role in countless industries, but for the most part, they don't work in chemistry labs. A team of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder scientists plans to change that.

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$1.3M investment latest milestone for ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder startup

Nov. 10, 2022

Vitro3D, a startup founded by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder doctoral students, just closed its first investment round of $1.3 million. The venture involves novel, high-speed volumetric 3D printing technology with potential applications in industries such as dental, medical and drug development.

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From #Freethebird to #Stayandfight: Expert talks the future of Twitter

Nov. 4, 2022

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Casey Fiesler weighs in on why Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter has raised alarm bells among some of the platform's users, and if there's anywhere for them to go.

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Lockheed Martin, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäbit Quantum Initiative formalize quantum partnership

Nov. 2, 2022

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäbit Quantum Initiative has announced Lockheed Martin as the latest industry quantum leader to become a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäbit Innovation Partner.

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How many bees can you fit in an X-ray machine? That's not a joke

Oct. 27, 2022

In a new study, a team of engineers from ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder created 3D scans of honeybee swarms using a CT machine. Their images reveal a surprisingly complex system of organization.

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¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder joins national effort to advance nuclear fusion research

Oct. 27, 2022

As part of $15 million Department of Energy project, applied mathematicians aim to employ new, novel methods to improve the physics models needed to better understand and sustain fusion.

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¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder lands $750K research grant for 5th-generation communications security

Oct. 27, 2022

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder is leading an interdisciplinary military-oriented research project to enable secure use of 5G networks controlled by an adversary.

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New study shows how to learn the equations of cell migration

Oct. 26, 2022

Mathematicians at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder are exploring the statistics behind how cells move, and their results could one day help scientists develop new drugs to help people heal faster from wounds.

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Project aims to help students harness data for the greater good

Oct. 14, 2022

Thanks to a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Next grant, the Data Advocacy for All project will soon provide students with the opportunity to learn how to ethically and effectively use data to raise public awareness and drive social change, according to Laurie Gries, associate professor of writing, rhetoric and communication.

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Physicists probe ‘astonishing’ morphing properties of honeycomb-like material

Oct. 12, 2022

A newly discovered material structured like a honeycomb can transform from an electrical insulator, like rubber, into an electrical conductor, like metal, in a matter of seconds. Now, researchers at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder think they can explain why.

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