/irt/mfm/ en /irt/mfm/2022/12/21/podcast-honeybees-are-natures-puzzle-solvers <span>Podcast: Honeybees are nature’s puzzle solvers</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-12-21T09:29:15-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - 09:29">Wed, 12/21/2022 - 09:29</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/adobestock_168982596.jpeg?h=daed4a87&amp;itok=uTixZ-L8" width="1200" height="600" alt="Podcast player on a tablet"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Orit Peleg, Golnar Fard and Francisco López Jiménez explain how honeybees overcome geometric constraints to construct honeycombs.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.pnas.org/post/podcast/honeybees-natures-puzzle-solvers?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=pnasnews&amp;utm_content=06549009-8b18-475c-9da2-f96bfe29b5b7&amp;utm_campaign=hootsuite`; </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, 21 Dec 2022 16:29:15 +0000 Anonymous 204 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2022/12/16/fruit-flies-use-corrective-movements-maintain-stability-after-injury <span>Fruit flies use corrective movements to maintain stability after injury</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-12-16T10:22:36-07:00" title="Friday, December 16, 2022 - 10:22">Fri, 12/16/2022 - 10:22</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/psn-wingfull.jpeg?h=92236dcd&amp;itok=MmFhR3MO" width="1200" height="600" alt="A experimental wing on the work bench"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Collaborators at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä created a robotic wing made of plastic and cardboard laminate to study the mechanism by which fruit flies compensate for wing damage in flight</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/fruit-flies-use-corrective-movements-maintain-stability-after-injury/`; </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> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:22:36 +0000 Anonymous 203 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2022/12/16/researchers-explore-next-gen-structural-materials <span>Researchers explore next-gen structural materials</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-12-16T10:19:47-07:00" title="Friday, December 16, 2022 - 10:19">Fri, 12/16/2022 - 10:19</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/learning-from-pangolins-and-peacocks-researchers-explore-next-gen-structural-materials-cu-boulder-today-university-of-colorado-boulder.png?h=7195c3d9&amp;itok=2XYa7ESs" width="1200" height="600" alt="pangolin"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In a new review paper, a team of international researchers have laid out how engineers are taking inspiration from the biological world—and designing new kinds of materials that are potentially tougher, more versatile and more sustainable than what humans can make on their own.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2022/11/22/learning-pangolins-and-peacocks-researchers-explore-next-gen-structural-materials`; </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> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:19:47 +0000 Anonymous 202 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2022/06/06/cu-boulder-phd-grad-undergrads-create-drag-friendly-garment-changes-real-time <span>²ÊÃñ±¦µä PhD grad, undergrads create drag-friendly garment that changes in real time</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-06T11:03:32-06:00" title="Monday, June 6, 2022 - 11:03">Mon, 06/06/2022 - 11:03</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/pxl_20220331_180322150.jpg?h=b74c9737&amp;itok=yGM9k7-O" width="1200" height="600" alt="A student working in the lab"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>But the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä team decided to make their project in the wearables space just a little more … fabulous. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2022/05/31/cu-boulder-phd-grad-undergrads-create-drag-friendly-garment-changes-real-time`; </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, 06 Jun 2022 17:03:32 +0000 Anonymous 201 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2022/04/04/high-sensitivity-low-energy-ion-scattering-spectrometer-will-be-transformative-resource <span>High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering Spectrometer will be a transformative resource</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-04-04T11:19:18-06:00" title="Monday, April 4, 2022 - 11:19">Mon, 04/04/2022 - 11:19</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/0ae0664f-53d8-4c9c-951d-8f5092822f3b.png?h=b1d625f8&amp;itok=OJp3fTWa" width="1200" height="600" alt="The instrument on display in the lab"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s East Campus is now home to the High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEIS) Spectrometer, a tool researchers from across the Rocky Mountain region will use for advanced materials characterization and analysis.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/mse/2022/04/01/high-sensitivity-low-energy-ion-scattering-spectrometer-will-be-transformative-resource`; </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, 04 Apr 2022 17:19:18 +0000 Anonymous 200 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2022/03/08/all-college-interdisciplinary-research-theme-blitz-and-poster-session-set-april-12 <span>All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-08T15:14:32-07:00" title="Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 15:14">Tue, 03/08/2022 - 15:14</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/iain_boyd_2021_cue16ga.jpg?h=ee27a2dc&amp;itok=BZazAOwc" width="1200" height="600" alt="Iain boyd and students drawing diagrams in a group"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The College of Engineering and Applied Science will host a research blitz and poster session featuring work from within the interdisciplinary research themes from 3 - 6 p.m. on April 12 in the DLC lobby and first floor meeting spaces.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2022/03/08/all-college-interdisciplinary-research-theme-blitz-and-poster-session-set-april-12`; </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, 08 Mar 2022 22:14:32 +0000 Anonymous 199 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2021/11/05/meet-materials-instrumentation-and-multimodal-imaging-core-mimic-facilitydirector-adrian <span>Meet Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) FacilityDirector Adrian Gestos</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-05T08:27:58-06:00" title="Friday, November 5, 2021 - 08:27">Fri, 11/05/2021 - 08:27</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/adrian_0.jpeg?h=6b961e81&amp;itok=d4M783_U" width="1200" height="600" alt="Adrian Gestos"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Adrian Gestos is the director of the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) Facility. Since joining the MIMIC team in October 2020, Gestos has been helping researchers solve problems with the facility’s state-of-the-art equipment, allowing scientists and engineers to characterize materials visually, mechanically and chemically, down to the submicron scale.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/facility/mimic/2021/11/04/meet-mimic-director-adrian-gestos`; </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> Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:27:58 +0000 Anonymous 197 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2021/11/01/cu-boulder-researchers-work-transfer-technology-biology <span>²ÊÃñ±¦µä researchers work to transfer the ‘technology’ of biology</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-01T08:31:42-06:00" title="Monday, November 1, 2021 - 08:31">Mon, 11/01/2021 - 08:31</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/adobestock_430714834.jpeg?h=167f2fb0&amp;itok=xIa5hySH" width="1200" height="600" alt="A leaf on a circuit board"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Several new faculty hires in CU Engineering have a deep interest in bio-inspired engineering.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2021/10/27/cu-boulder-researchers-work-transfer-technology-biology`; </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, 01 Nov 2021 14:31:42 +0000 Anonymous 195 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2021/10/27/webinar-planned-showcase-x-ray-and-electron-microscopy-facilities <span>Webinar planned to showcase x-ray and electron microscopy facilities</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-10-27T08:17:29-06:00" title="Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 08:17">Wed, 10/27/2021 - 08:17</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cosinc1_edited.jpeg?h=cf534c22&amp;itok=Fq2nPf8T" width="1200" height="600" alt="A student working in the COSINC lab"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility and the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) facility will host a joint virtual webinar from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 via Zoom.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2021/10/27/webinar-planned-showcase-x-ray-and-electron-microscopy-facilities`; </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, 27 Oct 2021 14:17:29 +0000 Anonymous 193 at /irt/mfm /irt/mfm/2021/09/15/faculty-help-launch-center-integration-modern-optoelectronic-materials-demand <span>Faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-09-15T09:07:24-06:00" title="Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 09:07">Wed, 09/15/2021 - 09:07</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/mfm/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/imod_logo.jpeg?h=6033a1a3&amp;itok=jxycI-5f" width="1200" height="600" alt="Imod logo"> </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="/irt/mfm/taxonomy/term/4"> 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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>²ÊÃñ±¦µä is a founding partner of a major National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC): the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). The center represents a research partnership spanning 11 universities led by the University of Washington.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/chbe/2021/09/14/cu-boulder-faculty-help-launch-center-integration-modern-optoelectronic-materials-demand`; </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, 15 Sep 2021 15:07:24 +0000 Anonymous 191 at /irt/mfm