Research Report
On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA’s flagship Europa Clipper spacecraft launched from Florida to begin its more than six-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Aboard the spacecraft is the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA), a $53 million instrument designed and built by LASP at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers are collaborating across disciplines to develop artificial intelligence systems that work alongside humans, addressing challenges in emergency response, space and planetary exploration, medicine, education, environmental prediction, accessibility applications and more.
In a bold move to transform quantum research into real-world applications, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and partners have launched the 13,000-square-foot Colorado Quantum Incubator in east Boulder.
Innovation at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2024 with the creation of 35 companies based on university innovations.
About one in five U.S. women experience depression and anxiety during pregnancy or after childbirth, and stigma often prevents them from seeking help. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Alma program seeks to fill the gap, matching new moms struggling with mental health issues with trained peer mentors who have been through it.
A team of engineers and physicists at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder discovered a way to transform atoms into tiny compasses. The findings could lead to new kinds of quantum sensors, like devices for mapping the activity of the human brain or navigational tools that help airplanes circle the globe.
Kristi Anseth, a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was awarded the prestigious VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators in recognition of her pioneering tissue engineering research.
A Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder-led team has developed a new way to 3D print material that is elastic enough to withstand a heart’s beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints, and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects.
Imagine strolling down a sidewalk made of algae or building a wall with lab-grown, bio-cement blocks. Prometheus Materials, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout creating carbon-free alternatives to concrete, is building that future today alongside dozens of other sustainability-focused ventures based on Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research.
The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is developing a new model for global water access, one that is grounded in a deep understanding of why so many past efforts have fallen short.