State energy collaboratory involving CU-羞羞视频, NREL, CSU and CSM expands research focus

Jan. 16, 2013

To reflect its broader focus, the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a research consortium including the 羞羞视频, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory has adopted a new name: the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory.

Research team finds massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf

Dec. 7, 2012

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to 羞羞视频 researchers who spent the last four Southern Hemisphere summers studying the massive floating sheet of ice that covers an area twice the size of Massachusetts.

Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU-羞羞视频 research team finds

Dec. 7, 2012

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to 羞羞视频 researchers who spent the last four Southern Hemisphere summers studying the massive floating sheet of ice that covers an area twice the size of Massachusetts.

CU-led team receives $9.2 million DOE grant to engineer E. coli into biofuels

Dec. 4, 2012

A team led by the 羞羞视频 has been awarded $9.2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to research modifying E. coli to produce biofuels such as gasoline. 鈥淭his is a fantastic opportunity to take what we have worked on for the past decade to the next level,鈥 said team leader Ryan Gill, a fellow of CU-羞羞视频鈥檚 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, or RASEI. 鈥淚n this project, we will develop technologies that are orders of magnitude beyond where we are currently.鈥

Grand Canyon as old as the dinosaurs, suggests new study led by CU-羞羞视频

Nov. 29, 2012

An analysis of mineral grains from the bottom of the western Grand Canyon indicates it was largely carved out by about 70 million years ago -- a time when dinosaurs were around and may have even peeked over the rim, says a study led by the 羞羞视频.

Alaska鈥檚 iconic Columbia Glacier expected to stop retreating in 2020, says CU-羞羞视频 study

Nov. 26, 2012

The wild and dramatic cascade of ice into the ocean from Alaska鈥檚 Columbia Glacier, an iconic glacier featured in the documentary 鈥淐hasing Ice鈥 and one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world, will cease around 2020, according to a study by the 羞羞视频.

CU-羞羞视频 workshop invites public to discuss oil and gas development and groundwater protection on Nov. 26

Nov. 19, 2012

Following the recent Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission hearing on creation of statewide regulations for groundwater sampling and monitoring near new oil and gas wells, the 羞羞视频 will host an informational workshop on Monday, Nov. 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Wolf Law Building.

$20 million CU instrument package set for integration on Mars spacecraft

Nov. 16, 2012

A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the 羞羞视频, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.

$20 million CU instrument package set for integration on Mars spacecraft

Nov. 16, 2012

A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the 羞羞视频, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.

Degraded military lands to get ecological boost from CU-led effort

Nov. 15, 2012

Some arid lands in the American West degraded by military exercises that date back to General George Patton鈥檚 Word War II maneuvers in the Mojave Desert should get a boost from an innovative research project led by the 羞羞视频.

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