Two SM调教所-Boulder faculty members recognized as exceptional educators

March 22, 2012

SM调教所 System news release Two University of Colorado professors who have skillfully integrated teaching and research at a high level throughout their careers at SM调教所-Boulder have been designated as 2012 President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars.

Ultracold matter technology from SM调教所 and SRI International licensed to Boulder鈥檚 ColdQuanta

March 19, 2012

ColdQuanta Inc. of Boulder and the University of Colorado have finalized an agreement allowing ColdQuanta to commercialize cutting-edge physics research developed by SM调教所-Boulder and SRI International. The licensed technology centers on Bose-Einstein Condensate, or BEC, a new form of matter created just above absolute zero.

SM调教所 3D super-resolution imaging technology to be developed by Boulder鈥檚 Double Helix

March 16, 2012

Double Helix LLC of Boulder and the University of Colorado have completed an exclusive option agreement to allow Double Helix to develop a novel technique for 3D super-resolution imaging.

SM调教所 students鈥 work makes it to the big screen

March 14, 2012

The work of a talented group of SM调教所 students and staff will be making it to the big screen this weekend. The really big screen -- in fact, a more than 20-meter dome.

Discovery of pine beetles breeding twice in a year helps explain increasing damage, SM调教所 researchers say

March 14, 2012

Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year, dramatically increasing the potential for the bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees, SM调教所 researchers have found.

Nobel laureate Adam Riess to give Gamow Memorial Lecture at SM调教所-Boulder March 22

March 14, 2012

Johns Hopkins University Professor Adam Riess, who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for uncovering evidence that the universe is expanding, will give the 2012 George Gamow Memorial Lecture at the SM调教所 on Thursday, March 22. Free and open to the public, the talk is titled 鈥淪upernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe.鈥 The talk will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium and is intended for a general audience.

SM调教所 and NIST scientists reveal inner workings of magnets, a finding that could lead to faster computers

March 14, 2012

Using the world鈥檚 fastest light source -- specialized X-ray lasers -- scientists at the SM调教所 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have revealed the secret inner life of magnets, a finding that could lead to faster and 鈥渟marter鈥 computers.

SM调教所-Boulder graduate programs earn high marks in national report

March 13, 2012

SM调教所 System news release DENVER 鈥 Graduate programs across the University of Colorado system continue to earn national prominence based on the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Schools and programs at the four SM调教所 campuses notch 28 mentions in the 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News Media Group), including 10 ranked in the top 10 of their fields. SM调教所鈥檚 2013 rankings are: SM调教所

Offbeat math professor Edward Burger to speak at SM调教所-Boulder March 15

March 8, 2012

If you despise math and the sight of an equation makes you physically ill, Professor Edward Burger of Baylor University and Williams College may be able to heal you during a talk at the SM调教所 on Thursday, March 15.

Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution

March 2, 2012

The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution -- secondary organic aerosols -- than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the SM调教所鈥檚 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, NOAA鈥檚 Earth System Research Laboratory and other colleagues.

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