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CU Boulder Today鈥擜 CU Boulder-led team, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, has taken a critical step toward developing a new way to 3D print material that is at once elastic enough to withstand a heart鈥檚 persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints and easily shapable to fit a patient鈥檚 unique defects.

LASP鈥擳o learn more about how dust particles may affect future missions, NASA has awarded $1 million to a team from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder to develop a Rubik鈥檚 cube-sized instrument. Once built and tested, CEDA (Compact Electrostatic Dust Analyzer) will be capable of measuring the speed, size and charge of tiny dust particles on rocky bodies less than 5 kilometers across.

College of Arts and Sciences Magazine鈥擟U Boulder chemist Wei Zhang has developed a novel method to separate gases more efficiently, potentially revolutionizing industries reliant on gas separation technologies. Their breakthrough, which utilizes advanced materials and innovative techniques, promises to reduce energy consumption and enhance the sustainability of these processes.

CU Boulder Today鈥擱esearchers at CU Boulder will soon begin working on what they call the 鈥渜uantum machine shop鈥� of the 21st century. The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a $20 million grant to CU Boulder to launch a facility known as the National Quantum Nanofab (NQN). In this facility, Colorado researchers and quantum specialists from around the country will be able to design and build incredibly small devices that tap into the world of atoms and photons鈥攖he tiny packets of energy that make up light.

CU Boulder Today鈥擟olorado Gov. Jared Polis ushered in a new bill to support the state鈥檚 rapidly growing quantum industry. Polis signed the bill from the top floor of the JILA Tower, one of the epicenters of quantum research on campus, with a view of the Flatirons in the background.

CU Boulder Today鈥擶hile scientists are continuously exploring ways to reduce fossil fuel use in these sectors, Oana Luca, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at CU Boulder, explores technologies like recycling and carbon capture to prevent carbon from ending up in the environment.

NIST鈥擲cientists have dramatically reduced the time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero. Their prototype refrigerator could prove a boon for the burgeoning quantum industry, which widely uses ultracold materials. NIST is now working with an industrial partner and Venture Partners to commercialize the refrigerator.

2023 was another tremendous year for innovation at the 乐播传媒 Boulder. Campus researchers and inventors created a strong crop of 162 breakthrough technologies this past year. These spanned the breadth of CU Boulder鈥檚 research expertise, with innovations in climate tech, biotechnology, quantum science, optics and aerospace, to name a few. CU Boulder's commercialization arm, Venture Partners at CU Boulder, supports a groundbreaking pipeline translating research into real-world impact, as highlighted in their 2023 Annual Report.

CU Independent鈥擱esearchers at the 乐播传媒 Boulder are working to make the moon habitable. And they are focused on one of the most difficult challenges to lunar living: dust. Xu Wang, a research scientist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU Boulder, was one of the winners of NASA鈥檚 2023 Entrepreneurs Challenge.

SciTechDaily鈥擩ILA's (a joint institute established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the 乐播传媒 Boulder) breakthrough in optical atomic clocks uses quantum entanglement to surpass fundamental precision limits, setting a new standard in timekeeping and opening avenues for scientific discovery.