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Commercialization activities through Venture Partners at ���� had an economic impact of $8.7 billion nationally and $5.1 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years, according to a new report from the Leeds School of Business.

Sometime next year, a new NASA instrument designed and built in Colorado will get an eagle-eye view of Earth. The instrument, known as Libera, will circle the planet from high above, scanning every inch of the globe daily to track how much radiative energy, or light at all wavelengths, is leaving Earth.

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Dave Brain and Dolon Bhattacharyya have been selected to serve on NASA’s Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA‑DARES) Task Force 2, a multi‑year effort to develop a community‑driven strategy for astrobiology that will inform future NASA missions.

The human liver, experts say, is an architectural wonder. But its complexity has also made it immensely difficult to replicate in the lab. Now, a multi-institution team, including scientists at the ����, MIT, Harvard and Columbia universities, is taking on the challenge.

“Scientists have been working toward vacuum ultraviolet lasers for decades,” said Henry Kapteyn, a professor in the Department of Physics. “We think we might have finally found a great route that can be scaled in power, and that is compact in size—two essential requirements for challenging applications.”

“Urban fires are becoming more prevalent,” said William Dresser, a CIRES research scientist and lead author of the paper. “There’s a need to better understand what these emissions look like for structures that contain a complex mixture of different synthetic materials that have unique emission profiles.”

William Frantz, a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Program, is developing microscopic droplets designed to help doctors track radiation therapy in real time. The technology could one day make cancer treatment more precise and less harmful, particularly for pediatric patients.

Ryan Nalty, Director of Industry Research Partnerships at ��ñ����, briefed researchers on the strategic shifts currently redefining the aerospace and defense sectors—from the urgent requirement for systems thinkers to technical bottlenecks in space technology, hypersonics and autonomous flight.