CU Technology and Discovery News /venturepartners/ en WATCH: Twin CU Denver sisters develop tool to help users outsmart phishing scams /venturepartners/2025/05/01/external-news/watch-twin-cu-denver-sisters-develop-tool-help-users-outsmart-phishing-scams <span>WATCH: Twin CU Denver sisters develop tool to help users outsmart phishing scams</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-01T15:26:31-06:00" title="Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 15:26">Thu, 05/01/2025 - 15:26</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/Denver7%20article%20thumbnail%20header%20050225_0.jpg?h=c673cd1c&amp;itok=L_5zAnZR" width="1200" height="800" alt="Two young women sit in front of a laptop smiling"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/315"> Software and Information Technology </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>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.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/twin-cu-denver-sisters-develop-tool-to-help-users-outsmart-phishing-scams`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 01 May 2025 21:26:31 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2549 at /venturepartners WATCH: ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ researchers building shape-shifting robots /venturepartners/2025/04/29/external-news/cu-boulder-researchers-building-shape-shifting-robots <span>WATCH: ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ researchers building shape-shifting robots</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-29T15:46:01-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 15:46">Tue, 04/29/2025 - 15:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/FOX31%20article%20thumbnail%20header%20050225.png?h=3a0bd5b1&amp;itok=91N0Jp6L" width="1200" height="800" alt="A tiny robot that resembles a chunky spider walks across a table"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>FOX31—Kaushik Jayaram (¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering) received more than $1 million in grants to build shape-shifting robots the size of an insect.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://kdvr.com/video/cu-boulder-researchers-building-shape-shifting-robots/10673150/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:46:01 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2550 at /venturepartners Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations /venturepartners/2025/03/24/external-news/aircrafts-future-boosting-aerodynamic-performance-engineered-surface-vibrations <span>Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-24T13:17:16-06:00" title="Monday, March 24, 2025 - 13:17">Mon, 03/24/2025 - 13:17</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-03/Mahmoud%20Hussein%20phononic%20subsurface%20article%20header%20thumbnail%20033125.png?h=fd201a9e&amp;itok=Of3daGbw" width="1200" height="800" alt="Illustration of a hypersonic aircraft flying through the clouds"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/251"> Advanced Materials </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/309"> Aerospace </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Engineering and Applied Science—As the principal investigator of a $7.5 million, five-year Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), Hussein is leading an effort to reshape the fundamental character of fluid-structure interactions to reduce drag on high-speed aerospace vehicles—the focus of the project.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/aerospace/aircrafts-future-boosting-aerodynamic-performance-engineered-surface-vibrations`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:17:16 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2504 at /venturepartners ​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit /venturepartners/2025/02/17/external-news/new-technology-turns-waste-heat-electricity-defies-physical-limit <span>​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-17T12:51:59-07:00" title="Monday, February 17, 2025 - 12:51">Mon, 02/17/2025 - 12:51</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Waste%20heat%20tech%20021925.png?h=31950d8c&amp;itok=iHEwRnqb" width="1200" height="800" alt="A group of engineers stands behind their mechanical invention"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/525"> Climate, Energy &amp; Sustainability </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Engineering and Applied Science—A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/mechanical/new-technology-waste-heat-electricity-defies-physical-limit`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:51:59 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2466 at /venturepartners Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation /venturepartners/2025/01/09/internal-news/venture-partners-annual-report-highlights-record-year-innovation <span>Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-09T06:06:32-07:00" title="Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 06:06">Thu, 01/09/2025 - 06:06</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Annual%20report%20header%20010325_1.png?h=c182237e&amp;itok=dw9NjmVF" width="1200" height="800" alt="A woman in a lab holds up a beaker with a jelly fish inside it"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/85"> Biosciences </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/12"> CU Startup News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/525"> Climate, Energy &amp; Sustainability </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/317"> Quantum &amp; Photonics </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/361"> Venture Partners News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/venturepartners/about/reports/current-annual-report`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/Annual%20report%20header%20010325_1.png?itok=_VzAcYcS" width="1500" height="893" alt="A woman in a lab holds up a beaker with a jelly fish inside it"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:06:32 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2430 at /venturepartners A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon /venturepartners/2025/01/07/external-news/vaccine-against-weight-gain-its-horizon <span>A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-07T11:53:52-07:00" title="Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 11:53">Tue, 01/07/2025 - 11:53</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Vaccine%20against%20weight%20gain%20article%20010925.png?h=db3af73c&amp;itok=POX2ZIZn" width="1200" height="800" alt="A pair of toddler's hands plant a leafy plant in rich soil"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/85"> Biosciences </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>New ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ research suggests a surprising tool that could help with weight loss: Exposure to beneficial bacteria. With assistance from Venture Partners, a new startup Kioga will pursue new microbe-based ingredients for preventing weight gain and promoting health.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2025/01/07/vaccine-against-weight-gain-its-horizon`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:53:52 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2432 at /venturepartners Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023 /venturepartners/2024/12/21/external-news/colorados-life-sciences-ecosystem-raised-147-billion-2023 <span>Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-21T13:22:37-07:00" title="Saturday, December 21, 2024 - 13:22">Sat, 12/21/2024 - 13:22</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/callout/colorado-5156229_960_720.jpeg?h=8d546bd9&amp;itok=IsDUhrVZ" width="1200" height="800" alt="Colorado"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/85"> Biosciences </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/12"> CU Startup News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Colorado Bioscience Association—Colorado's life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023, demonstrating the resilience of life sciences companies and organizations in the state during a challenging year for U.S. life sciences fundraising.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://cobioscience.com/colorados-life-sciences-ecosystem-raised-1-47-billion-in-2023/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:22:37 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2423 at /venturepartners Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award /venturepartners/2024/12/19/innovative-wind-turbine-control-earns-lucy-pao-prestigious-ieee-award <span>Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-19T12:46:42-07:00" title="Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 12:46">Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/air_turbine.png?h=4541bbb3&amp;itok=VqYi73Wy" width="1200" height="800" alt="wind turbines"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/525"> Climate, Energy &amp; Sustainability </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute—Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an established control technique that is popular in the general control systems community. The MPC approach could have significant impacts on how wind turbines are controlled, not only improving their efficiency, but also reducing structural stress on the turbines and extending their lifetimes.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/rasei/2024/12/19/innovative-wind-turbine-control-earns-lucy-pao-prestigious-ieee-award`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:46:42 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2426 at /venturepartners Building a safer and more affordable nuclear clock /venturepartners/2024/12/18/external-news/building-safer-and-more-affordable-nuclear-clock <span>Building a safer and more affordable nuclear clock</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-18T12:43:12-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 12:43">Wed, 12/18/2024 - 12:43</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Nuclear%20clock%20article%20010225.jpg?h=031b01a4&amp;itok=c9NkpAap" width="1200" height="800" alt="A schematic of the deposition process, as thorium ions get vaporized then deposited in a thin film on the substrate's surface"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/317"> Quantum &amp; Photonics </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>EurekAlert!—Reported recently in a new study published in Nature, a team of researchers, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration with Professor Eric Hudson’s team at UCLA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, have found a way to make nuclear clocks a thousand times less radioactive and more cost-effective, thanks to a method creating thin films of thorium tetrafluoride.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068141`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:43:12 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2425 at /venturepartners New project aims to advance secure communications through quantum technology /venturepartners/2024/12/18/external-news/new-project-aims-advance-secure-communications-through-quantum-technology <span>New project aims to advance secure communications through quantum technology</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-18T12:34:16-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 12:34">Wed, 12/18/2024 - 12:34</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Quantum%20project%20article%20010225.png?h=2417e86c&amp;itok=o_XqmbPW" width="1200" height="800" alt="A man and two women work together at a lab work table. "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/317"> Quantum &amp; Photonics </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Today—The U.S. National Science Foundation has named ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ a collaborator on newly announced pilot projects supported by the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) initiative. This groundbreaking effort seeks to accelerate the development of quantum technologies and make cutting-edge quantum tools accessible to researchers nationwide. To do this, the NSF has funded 11 pilot projects (with six announced Dec. 16) to overcome the current engineering challenges facing the development of quantum devices. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2024/12/18/new-project-aims-advance-secure-communications-through-quantum-technology`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:34:16 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2424 at /venturepartners