The University of Colorado at Boulder, (CU Boulder), was established in 1876 as a public university. CU Boulder offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to a student body of 29,700 students. CU is ranked with a high research activity. In recent history, CU Boulder received funds to establish the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, JILA, and management funds for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's NIST-F-1 Atomic clock.
Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles may one day be able to recharge while driving down the highway, drawing wireless power directly from plates installed in the road that would make it possible to drive hundreds—if not thousands—of miles ...
Mar 27, 2018
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Engineering
Imagine living in a city in the distant (or maybe not-so-distant) future: You need to make an appointment across town, so you step into a pod in an underground tunnel. From there, you're whizzed at breakneck speeds through ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Business
Utilities in the United States have pledged to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2060, and although state mandates have played a role, it's the utilities, themselves, that are leading the transition.
Dec 18, 2023
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Robotics
In the basement of the Engineering Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, a group of researchers is working to create the next generation of robots. Instead of the metallic droids you may be imagining, they are developing ...
Jan 4, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Imagine internet browsing without the ability to make sense of images. It's a problem that visually impaired computer users face every day. While screen reading technology gives users audible access to written content, it ...
Feb 12, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Online image descriptions—or "alt-text"—help people who are blind or have low vision easily access information by providing the context and detail needed to interact with websites meaningfully, securely and efficiently.
Dec 20, 2021
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Engineering
The shortage of semiconductors—the computer chips that products such as smartphones, laptops, cars and even washing machines rely on—continues to impact industries around the world.
Apr 19, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Northwestern University have developed a tiny, soft and wearable acoustic sensor that measures vibrations in the human body, allowing them to monitor human heart health ...
Nov 16, 2016
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Machine learning & AI
This sentence was not written by ChatGPT. Later on in this story, you'll find a paragraph drafted by the popular artificial intelligence platform (it's up to you to decide which paragraph). But, for now, what you read is ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed a 3-D printing technique that allows for localized control of an object's firmness, opening up new biomedical avenues that could one day include artificial arteries ...
Oct 22, 2018
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