Science & Technology
- ñ anthropology doctoral candidate Sabrina Bradford has been learning what’s on the menu for grizzlies in Montana.
- Computer science professor Nikolaus Correll, and his lab, has been awarded $1.8 million to research autonomous electric vehicle battery disassembly. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
- Learn how a team of CU doctoral students produced the first chromosome-level reference genome for humpback whales.
- ñ researchers have demonstrated how gaps in taxonomical knowledge hinder conservation efforts.
- ñ researchers use a unique, noninvasive method to determine the environmental factors contributing to several symptoms among tropical fish.
- Colorado has big quantum chops, but is the workforce ready? A new quantum workforce roadmap led by ñ lays out a bold and inclusive plan for Colorado and the Mountain West.
- Quantum physicists at ñ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are paving the way for new kinds of optical atomic clocks, devices that track the passage of time by measuring the natural “ticking” of atoms.
- Two longtime friends, ñ’s Abbie Liel and Notre Dame’s Susan Ostermann, are leading a study on resilient housing in disaster-prone areas including Maui, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Their research combines Liel’s expertise in structural engineering with Ostermann’s background in political science and law.
- Bridget Barrett, a College of Media, Communication and Information expert, offers advice on taking back your phone this election season.
- Colorado’s burgeoning role in the quantum revolution was in the spotlight as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made an official visit to ñ and JILA, a joint institute of ñ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.