Aircraft campaign to clarify chemistry of wildfire smoke
Throughout late July and August, a multi-agency, multidisciplinary team led by Colorado State University scientists will travel to Boise, Idaho, to conduct 15 to 20 smoke-observation flights.
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Keck Foundation grants CSU $1 million to make and measure nanoscale spin waves
The next big advances in computer memory, digital storage and other electronics are going to come from very small places: the spins of individual electrons.
New Colorado law allocates $1.2 million to bolster CSU cybersecurity education
A $1.2 million appropriation in the new law will go to CSU’s efforts to train students and the workforce in modern cybersecurity practices and procedures.
New model quantifies communities’ vulnerability to the spread of fire
The model could add to the strategic toolbox that protects lives and livelihoods from destructive fires.
Women’s mentoring network with strong CSU ties receives national award
Emily Fischer, assistant professor of atmospheric science and a board member of the Earth Science Women’s Network, accepted the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring on behalf of the organization.
Study finds U.S. oil and gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports
The Environmental Defense Fund-led study integrates over half a decade of research by a community of scientists, including CSU researchers.
Synthetic biologists get $1.7 million to engineer world’s strongest biomaterial
Synthetic biologists are attempting to manufacture sporopollenin in the lab using plants, and to control its properties using gene circuits.
Biomedical optics engineer Jesse Wilson named a Boettcher Investigator
Wilson is proposing a radical new imaging technology that could diagnose mitochondrial defects in an instant.
After four years of hard work, it’s the final lap for CSU’s EcoCAR 3
Following a series of judged events May 10-22, a winner will be crowned for EcoCAR 3, one of the nation’s premier Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions.
VIDEO: EcoCAR students gear up for competition
Get a peek at the students’ transformed Chevy Camaro, and what it can do.