JILA team demonstrates ‘a new way of lasing,’ a ‘superradiant’ laser

April 4, 2012

NIST news release Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel “superradiant” laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser could boost the performance of the most advanced atomic clocks and related technologies, such as communications and navigation systems as well as space-based astronomical instruments.

ŷڱƵ business leaders remain optimistic going into second quarter, says ŷڱƵ Leeds School index

April 3, 2012

ŷڱƵ business leaders remain optimistic going into the second quarter of 2012 suggesting a recovery is taking hold, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

New ŷڱƵ findings have implications for increasing morphine effectiveness, decreasing drug abuse

April 2, 2012

A University of ŷڱƵ Boulder-led research team has discovered that two protein receptors in the central nervous system team up to respond to morphine and cause unwanted neuroinflammation, a finding with implications for improving the efficacy of the widely used painkiller while decreasing its abuse potential.

ŷڱƵ Energy Club conference to explore ‘energy frontiers’ with government, industry

April 2, 2012

University of ŷڱƵ Boulder students, along with experts from government and industry, will focus on student research and the natural gas boom during the third annual Energy Frontiers conference April 5. The event, organized by the ŷڱƵ Energy Club, is free and open to the public and will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The conference includes a poster session, panel discussion, catered lunch and a career fair.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder to test campus text-messaging system on April 3

March 29, 2012

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder will test the Campus Alerts text-messaging system on Tuesday, April 3, at noon in coordination with the annual flood siren testing, which begins Monday, April 2. “We’re raising awareness that the city of Boulder has the highest risk of flash flooding in ŷڱƵ because of its location at the mouth of Boulder Canyon, the number of people who live and work within the Boulder Creek floodplain, and the numerous other drainage basins running through the city,” said Lacey Croco, ŷڱƵ-Boulder emergency manager.

ŷڱƵ law professor takes high school students to Washington for moot court competition

March 27, 2012

Ten high school students from Denver, Thornton and Lyons are likely in for an experience of a lifetime when a University of ŷڱƵ Boulder law professor takes them to Washington, D.C., for a moot court competition March 29-April 1. While there, they also will meet with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and tour the Supreme Court, meet with U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of ŷڱƵ and tour the Capitol, in addition to visiting several national monuments and museums.

Warm winters mean more pine beetles, tree damage

March 27, 2012

Some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations of tree-killing offspring annually, dramatically increasing the potential for bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees, ŷڱƵ-Boulder researchers have found. Because of the extra annual generation of beetles, there could be up to 60 times as many beetles attacking trees in any given year, the study found. And in response to warmer temperatures at high elevations, pine beetles also are better able to survive and attack trees that haven't previously developed defenses.

ŷڱƵ students’ work makes it to the big screen

March 23, 2012

The work of a talented group of University of ŷڱƵ Boulder students and staff has made it to the big screen. The really big screen -- in fact, a more than 20-meter dome.

Two ŷڱƵ-Boulder faculty members recognized as exceptional educators

March 22, 2012

ŷڱƵ System news release Two University of ŷڱƵ professors who have skillfully integrated teaching and research at a high level throughout their careers at ŷڱƵ-Boulder have been designated as 2012 President’s Teaching Scholars.

Ultracold matter technology from ŷڱƵ and SRI International licensed to Boulder’s ColdQuanta

March 19, 2012

ColdQuanta Inc. of Boulder and the University of ŷڱƵ have finalized an agreement allowing ColdQuanta to commercialize cutting-edge physics research developed by ŷڱƵ-Boulder and SRI International. The licensed technology centers on Bose-Einstein Condensate, or BEC, a new form of matter created just above absolute zero.

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