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鈥淭he first cohort of entrepreneurs have been in high gear since they were selected by the Venture Partners team last year and have risen to each challenge,鈥� said Marta Zgagacz, senior director at Venture Partners and co-leader of Embark. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an all-hands-on-deck approach, how we support our startups.鈥�

An international team of researchers, led by an engineer at SM调教所 Boulder, has revealed the underlying mechanism behind battery degradation. Their findings, published in the journal Science, could help scientists advance energy storage technologies that would accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Specialized optical equipment will gather data from astronauts鈥� eyes and analyze the results during and after the five-day Polaris Dawn mission. The research is a collaboration between Allie Hayman (Aerospace Engineering) and Prem Subramania (SM调教所 School of Medicine).

The material鈥攁 synthetic gel-derived material known as aerogel鈥攊s around 97-99% transparent, compared to glass, which is around 92% transparent. The aerogel Smalyukh and his team have created can be added to windows to boost thermal insulation, increasing the overall efficiency of a building.

Nick Kruczek, an instrument engineer in the solar and stellar science division at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics, has been named a NASA Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellow. The award recognizes early career researchers with innovative ideas to advance astrophysics flight programs and technology.

Why did a frozen Earth coincide with an evolutionary spurt? That's the question Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson (Geological Sciences) aim to answer with the support of a recent award from the W.M. Keck Foundation. If they succeed, they would not only help unravel an evolutionary mystery, but also extend the temperature record of Earth by 2 billion years.

SM调教所 Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz today announced that Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation, will begin reporting directly to him, effective Aug. 30. Ruzzene currently reports to Provost Russell Moore, the chief academic officer of the campus.

Bolstering its longstanding collaboration with NASA, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at SM调教所 Boulder today enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement with NASA鈥檚 Goddard Space Flight Center. The agreement will advance research and modeling in the critical field of space weather.

In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong and stretchable and vary in shape and size. A SM调教所 Boulder-led team has taken a critical step toward cracking that code.

Companies at the conference, which will be held in Breckenridge on September 12 and 13, represent the future of life-saving health innovation from the Rocky Mountain West. They will pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and strategic partners from major financial hubs.