CU: Carbon dioxide levels reflect COVID-19 risk

CU: Carbon dioxide levels reflect COVID-19 risk

BOULDER -- Tracking carbon dioxide levels indoors is an inexpensive and powerful way to monitor the risk of people getting COVID-19, according to new research from the Cooperative Institute for... Read More

Friday April 9, 2021 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, COVID-19, Zhe Peng

CU: New wearable device turns body into a battery

CU: New wearable device turns body into a battery

BOULDER -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new, low-cost wearable device that transforms the human body into a biological battery. The device, described today... Read More

Thursday February 11, 2021 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, Jianliang Xiao

'Electronic skin' promises recyclable alternative to wearable devices

'Electronic skin' promises recyclable alternative to wearable devices

BOULDER -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a wearable electronic device that’s “really wearable”—a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board that’s... Read More

Monday November 9, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, electronic skin, Jianliang Xiao, Wei Zhang

CU: Pufferfish-inspired robot could improve drone safety in near future

CU: Pufferfish-inspired robot could improve drone safety in near future

BOULDER -- A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a robot that’s inspired by inflatable pufferfish -- and it could make flying drones safer in the not-so-distant... Read More

Friday October 23, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, PufferBot, Atlas Institute, Hooman Hedayati, Daniel Leithinger, Daniel Szafir, Ryo Suzuki

CU: New technology diagnoses sickle cell blood disease in record time

CU: New technology diagnoses sickle cell blood disease in record time

BOULDER -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a new way to diagnose diseases of the blood like sickle cell disease... Read More

Friday October 16, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, Angelo D'Alessandro, Xiaoyun Ding, Michael Stowell, Kerri Ball

New $20 million CU center to bring AI into classroom

New $20 million CU center to bring AI into classroom

BOULDER -- Take a seat in the classroom of tomorrow, where intelligent computers work side-by-side with groups of students to support their engagement in meaningful and productive learning... Read More

Wednesday August 26, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, artificial intelligence, Terri Fiez

New CU engineering research center aims to electrify transportation, expand education 

New CU engineering research center aims to electrify transportation, expand education 

BOULDER -- The University of Colorado Boulder will play a major role in a new center focused on developing infrastructure and systems that facilitate the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. ... Read More

Wednesday August 5, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, ASPIRE, Terri Fiez, Qin Lv

New COVID-19 test returns results in 45 minutes without painful nasal swab

New COVID-19 test returns results in 45 minutes without painful nasal swab

BOULDER -- University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a rapid, portable, saliva-based COVID-19 test able to return results in 45 minutes. ... Read More

Thursday July 23, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, COVID-19, Nicholas Meyerson, BioFrontiers Institute, Sawyer Lab, Sara Sawyer, Roy Parker