A quadcopter drone flies into an entrance at Edgar mine, an experimental facility at the Colorado School of Mines

Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Feb. 5, 2020

Underground robots will soon become part of CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s efforts to achieve new feats of spelunking as part of a high-stakes competition launched by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane in their lab at JILA

Keeping up with the Curies: Laser scientists win prestigious physics award

Jan. 27, 2020

Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane, pioneers in the field of laser science, have won this year's prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.

A block made from living building materials.

Building materials come alive with help from bacteria

Jan. 15, 2020

Buildings that can heal their own cracks, absorb toxins from the air or even glow on command? They may not be so far off, a new study suggests.

An illustration of cells inside a blood vessel

Fluid dynamics research could pave way for pill replacement to intravenous injections

Dec. 30, 2019

The way nutrients and drugs move within the body has more in common with space-bound rockets and jets than you might think.

Visualization of the structure of the FACT protein

Scientists now know what DNA’s chaperone looks like

Nov. 27, 2019

Researchers have discovered the structure of the FACT protein—a mysterious protein central to the functioning of DNA.

Principal Investigator Luis Zea working in the lab

Mold in space: NASA grant to study space station fungus

Nov. 1, 2019

The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold—and BioServe Space Technologies at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø is investigating potential fixes thanks to a new grant from NASA.

Clusters of solitons as seen under a microscope

Schools of molecular ‘fish’ could one day improve display screens

Oct. 21, 2019

Researchers are using a type of material called liquid crystals to create incredibly small, swirling schools of “fish.â€

Bone fragment

A new way to preserve ancient bones with modern technology

Sept. 27, 2019

A team of anthropologists is out to change the way that scientists study old bones damage-free.

A graphic representing a lattice of trefoil knots tied in a solution of liquid crystals. (Credit: Smalyukh lab)

How to tie microscopic knots

Sept. 26, 2019

Physicists have built on the "beautiful history" of humanity's obsession with knots to tie tiny structures within a solution of liquid crystals.

Water

Engineers join partnership to address critical U.S. water security issues

Sept. 25, 2019

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø is part of a new $100 million interdisciplinary partnership to address critical water security issues in the United States over the next five years, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday.

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