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The Â鶹¹ÙÍø's newest residence hall, Williams Village North, is welcoming students this week for the first time, many of whom will be learning about the building's sustainable design through two new Residential Academic Programs, or RAPs, that are housed in the residence hall.

Chemical and biological engineering students and faculty at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø have launched several innovative technologies that are fueling Colorado's economy by creating jobs and drawing significant funding to the state, including a $155 million investment in Sundrop Fuels in July.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø engineering faculty are leading a $7.2 million multidisciplinary research initiative on soil blast modeling and simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into Â鶹¹ÙÍø residence halls Aug. 16 and Aug. 18 as New Student Move-In begins next week.

A new Â鶹¹ÙÍø study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age.

The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Â鶹¹ÙÍø Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger as a member of the National Science Board. He was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in April.

Several Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty and students are participating in NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, now slated for launch Aug. 5 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and which is expected to help steer scientists toward the right recipe for planet-making.

An international team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology and involving the Â鶹¹ÙÍø has discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe.

A $670 million NASA orbiting mission to probe the past climate of Mars led by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø reached a major milestone last week when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review by the space agency.

NIST news release Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø have demonstrated a flexible, broadly usable technique for steadily calming the vibrations of an engineered mechanical object down to the quantum "ground state," the lowest possible energy level.