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The UAE Space Agency is embarking on a new space mission in collaboration with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder. The mission will build on the success of the UAE’s ongoing Emirates Mars Mission to visit a much more ambitious target: the asteroid belt.

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus which causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new CU Boulder research. The findings could lead to new affordable, safe and highly effective systems for reducing viral spread.

The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is a new, five-year multi-university initiative funded by the National Science Foundation to advance sustainable building projects ranging from HVAC manufacturing, to smart glazing for windows, building controls, insulation, as well as solar installations.

CU Boulder climate scientist Waleed Abdalati, a professor of geography and director of CIRES, rafted a stretch of the Colorado River Saturday with senators Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), to talk about how Western communities can build greater resilience to climate and weather extremes.

Researchers at CU Boulder will take part in a $25M effort to study a natural resource that’s becoming increasingly in demand: the radio frequency spectrum. SpectrumX will bring together experts from 29 organizations to transform the landscape of spectrum research, education, collaboration and management.

Next week, institutions nationwide celebrate one of the cornerstones of the research enterprise: postdocs. CU Boulder’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), in partnership with the Postdoctoral Association of Colorado Boulder (PAC Boulder) and select universities, is offering both virtual and in-person activities.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) has opened RIO Faculty Fellows 2022 cohort applications. Applications will be accepted through October 15 , and selections will be announced by early November. Key Dates Application deadline : October 15, 2021 Who's eligible? Tenure-track assistant or associate professors. More Info “Faculty who have...

Philip Makotyn, executive director of the CUbit Quantum Initiative, spoke before the committee on the Colorado Front Range quantum ecosystem, including CU Boulder's role in quantum research, what quantum computing is (and isn't) and its applications across a variety of industries and problems.

CU Boulder has received a $2 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to support the university’s diverse research in aerospace and national defense. The effort dovetails with a new research partnership between the CU system and the U.S. Space Force that was announced Aug. 20.

Exposure to the Sun degrades light sensors of all kinds, from retinas in the human eye to instruments aboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, or SDO. Fortunately, with periodic calibrations, the latter can continue transmitting high-quality data to researchers on Earth.