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Peña Station Next is a developing district close to the Denver International Airport that has ambitious goals to become a net-zero energy smart and sustainable community. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder in collaboration with NREL, Panasonic, Fulenwider, and Xcel Energy has been exploring how different building and electricity storage and generation options can accomplish this goal.

New findings from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers in Physical Review Applied show that nanoscale structures on the surfaces of silicon membranes can significantly change the way that heat travels through the bulk of the membrane.

Info on a call for papers for a newly opened Special Section on Radiative Cooling, guest edited by Xiaobo Yin at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. v

The AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant program announced its inaugural round of grants totaling $625,000 for novel research projects integrating expertise from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAnschutz and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder campuses. The projects selected—five new collaborations and three projects that build on existing collaborative work—represent a broad range of research themes related to basic science and translational approaches. Here are the projects involving students or faculty from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Researchers at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ have released findings that will impact the future of reconfigurable photonic devices and will lead to new possibilities for nanophotonics and microresonators.

Gregory Whiting (Associate Professor, Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering) discusses the implications of a growing population on the world's soil and how his research group is developing new sensors to help create solutions to pressing economic, environmental and human challenges.

In a study published in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Assistant Professor Orit Peleg and her lab members work to understand how fireflies – relatively simple insects – manage great feats of synchronization.

Join this virtual session to meet the IRT directors, hear their plans and learn how you can participate. This virtual session is open to all faculty, staff and students. Registration is required.

The first examples of color-changing nanotech tattoos have been developed over the past few years, and they’re not just for body art.

With it, they can perform mechanical load and displacement tests of materials, devices and components that were not possible previously.