Panel at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder to discuss extreme weather and connections to climate change: How unusual were September’s floods?

Sept. 23, 2013

A panel of science experts will convene at the University of Colorado Boulder on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.

Covert product placements in TV shows increase consumers’ memories and brand attitudes, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study

Sept. 23, 2013

Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three joint studies led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ awarded $3.6 million for new way to produce magnesium for auto parts

Sept. 19, 2013

A University of Colorado Boulder professor has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department’s 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 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder could double the range of electric cars

Sept. 18, 2013

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the University of Colorado Boulder that could allow tomorrow’s electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC—a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, both associate professors of mechanical engineering—for the development and commercialization of an innovative solid-state rechargeable battery.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Fresno State football game postponed

Sept. 13, 2013

Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning. After careful consideration, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Fresno State football game postponed

Sept. 13, 2013

Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning. After careful consideration, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game tomorrow, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.

Image from Nanoly. Researcher.

Nanoly Bioscience to develop ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-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

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-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 Colorado 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.

Al Bartlett

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder campus mourns death of longtime, celebrated physics professor Al Bartlett

Sept. 9, 2013

Albert Allen Bartlett, professor emeritus of physics at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder, was remembered today as a revered teacher who had a major impact on his students, the university, Boulder and far beyond. Bartlett died at the age of 90.

Ability to delay gratification may be linked to social trust, new ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study finds

Sept. 4, 2013

A person’s ability to delay gratification—forgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future—may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Pages