Research team inks licensing deal for COVID-19 viral detection test
The team has licensed their viral RNA-testing platform to Quara Devices, a startup company specializing in diagnostic biosensors.
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Earning a Ph.D. from the kitchen table
The OVPR fellows reflect on the unexpected turn their spring semester took, and what they learned during this time, research-related or otherwise.
Artificial muscle made of sewing thread enables new motions for soft robots
Mechanical engineers used a twisted-and-coiled actuator to generate programmable motion in a soft robot.
Tropical storm warning for Shore, flood watches elsewhere
CSU researcher Phil Klotzbach pointed out that none this year have grown into hurricanes. Saharan dust has suppressed storm development in the hurricane-spawning grounds of the tropical Atlantic (Philadelphia Inquirer).
CSU and partners create mine tailings nexus to improve education, industry best practices
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has entered two new partnerships to prevent mine waste disasters.
Student engineers complete swing project to bring joy to Fort Collins man with autism
Dylan Bush's favorite activity is swinging on swings. CSU student engineers built him one as their final senior design project.
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Becky Bolinger, a drought specialist at Colorado State University and the assistant state climatologist, said the lack of new snow in late spring affected the rate of melting (New York Times).
How wireless networks can battle COVID-19
Wireless network devices maintain a connection by handing off from one cell tower to another. The data created should be used to fight coronavirus, say CSU researchers (Network World).
A heat wave thawed Siberia's tundra. Now, it's on fire.
“To me what’s really shocking is how warm it’s been relative to average for so many weeks and months,” says Zack Labe, a climate scientist at Colorado State University (National Geographic).
Mary Pedersen named Colorado State University Provost and Executive Vice President
Mary Pedersen, a distinguished educator and veteran administrator, has been named the next Provost and Executive Vice President at CSU.