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The ATLAS Institute—Plastics are an increasingly intractable global environmental and health concern, and bio-based alternatives have yet to see widespread adoption. Carson Bruns aims to change all that with a new line of research focused on turning agricultural materials into bio-based plastics that can be more easily recycled, composted or even used as fertilizer.

The Global Business Development division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that 22 Colorado companies and 13 researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention grants through OEDIT’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Program, including seven CU Denver and ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï ventures.

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Research & Innovation Office—Three ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï teams have received New Frontiers Planning Grants to explore bold, high-impact research directions with strong potential for future funding and commercialization. From quantum sensing to climate resilience and Indigenous data sovereignty, these interdisciplinary projects aim to drive innovation at the intersection of research and real-world impact.

Forbes—Since World War II, the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise has driven an era of prosperity and innovation, fueling breakthroughs in space, medicine and technology while empowering our national security and international trade.

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï has launched Boulder Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.

Denver7—As phishing scams continue to rise, two graduating sisters from CU Denver are turning their capstone project into a tool to help people avoid phishing scams.

FOX31—Kaushik Jayaram (ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering) received more than $1 million in grants to build shape-shifting robots the size of an insect.

Infleqtion’s star continues to rise as Colorado’s quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets including positioning, navigating and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing.Ìý

Celebrated professor and prolific inventor Richard Noble reflects on decades of teaching and discovery and embarks on a new path to commercialization of a game-changing technology.

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï College of Arts & Sciences—Ivan Smalyukh, professor of physics, and Thomas Blumenthal, professor emeritus of molecular, cellular and developmental biology (MCDB), are among the 471 scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for scientifically and socially distinguished achievements by the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).