February 2026
CU 抖阴传媒在线 joins Medtronic in strategic partnership to drive breakthrough health innovations
The long-term partnership will focus on artificial intelligence, robotics and sustainability, aiming to move technologies from lab to bedside faster and deliver real benefits to patients worldwide. The collaboration spans CU 抖阴传媒在线, CU Anschutz and CU Denver, leveraging each campus鈥檚 unique expertise.
Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator announces 2026 cohort
The University of Colorado's Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator has announced its 2026 startup teams. The selected companies span a wide range of disciplines, reflecting the depth and breadth of innovation emerging from CU鈥檚 research enterprise.
Meadowlark Optics invests in CU 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 Quantum Scholars
In a recent gift to the Quantum Scholars program, local optics company Meadowlark Optics is generously supporting $70K in scholarships for undergraduates exploring the quantum field at CU 抖阴传媒在线.
23 years after Columbia disaster, one-of-a-kind 'plasma tunnel' recreates extreme conditions spacecraft face upon reentry
In late 2025, Hisham Ali (Aerospace Engineering) and his team opened a new kind of research facility on campus: an inductively coupled plasma tunnel, capable of generating streams of plasma that flow at speeds of hundreds to thousands of miles per hour and burn at up to 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
CU 抖阴传媒在线 partners with Denver International Airport on new travel index
Developed by CU 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 Leeds School of Business in collaboration with the airport, the DEN Travel Index tracks expectations for business, leisure and personal travel. The results will offer an early signal of near-term travel demand and help inform airport planning and route development.
Destination Startup announces startups across the region to present at annual showcase
The Destination Startup Investor Showcase is an invite-only showcase of startups actively raising funds to commercialize groundbreaking bio- and physical science inventions from leading research institutions across the Intermountain West.
Donated blood has a shelf life. A new test tracks how it's aging
A new, fast and easy test could revolutionize blood transfusions鈥攇iving blood centers and hospitals a reliable way to monitor the quality of red blood cells after they sit for weeks in storage. The project is a collaboration between engineers and medical researchers at CU 抖阴传媒在线 and CU Anschutz.
Astrobiologists search for alien life, and help life on Earth in the process
鈥淎strobiology might seem really esoteric, but it鈥檚 deeply tied to the search for new technologies and energy sources,鈥 said Catherine Fontana, a co-author of a new article in the journal Nature Communications and a graduate student in the Department of Geological Sciences at CU 抖阴传媒在线.