Climate, Energy & Sustainability
¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Today—A small crowd, including representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, gathered on a wide stretch of lawn on the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ campus to witness a one-of-kind technology demonstration—a laser device that could soon transform the oil and gas industry in the American West and keep potent greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere.
Fourteen teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).
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Daily Camera—Research funding at the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.
¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Leeds School of Business—It’s common to think climate tech is synonymous with the Bay Area, however, Colorado is rapidly becoming a new hot spot. Why Colorado? Home to 24 federally funded scientific labs, like NOAA, NREL and NCAR, and major research institutions like CU, CSU and Colorado School of Mines, Colorado is a ‘hub of climate research and technical expertise.’
Leeds School of Business—¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ alum Nick Manuzak is one of the 2024 Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator, leading an innovative venture focused on integrating carbon-storing hempcrete into modern construction to revolutionize sustainable building practices.
The Colorado Sun—Thornton-based Solid Power, a ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ spinout, has a $50 million federal grant to ramp up development of the solid-state EV batteries it considers the technology of the near-future in automobiles, putting the company closer to its goal of developing a mass production facility in the eastern U.S. or Korea.
EIN Presswire—Female-founded Boulder-based Silvis Materials, a ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ startup, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its work making sustainable and recyclable binders and adhesives.
¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Today—An international team of researchers led by an engineer at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ has revealed the underlying mechanism behind battery degradation. Their discovery could help scientists to develop better batteries.
9News—Jack Elston's company, Black Swift Technologies, a ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ spinout, designed a prototype fixed-wing drone that could carry a sophisticated weather sensor inside the rage and turbulence of the strongest tropical cyclones on earth.