This scanning electron microscope image shows the distinct bow tie shape of an optical rectenna. (Credit: Moddel lab)

Scientists debut world’s most efficient 'optical rectennas,' devices that harvest power from heat

May 18, 2021

Devices are potential game changers in the world of renewable energy. Working rectennas could, theoretically, harvest the heat coming from factory smokestacks or bakery ovens that would otherwise go to waste.

An engineer assembles a quantum processing unit in Boulder

Quantum technology: Can the Denver, Boulder area be an epicenter for the next great tech boom?

April 16, 2021

The Denver Post article: Boulder has been the scene of Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs in quantum technology, but commercialization presents a new challenge

A visualization of multiple leaks in the field.

Detecting methane from miles away

March 22, 2018

University of Colorado, CIRES, NOAA and NIST team harnesses Nobel Prize technology to detect distant gas leaks A new field instrument developed by a collaborative team of researchers can quantify methane leaks as tiny as 1/4 of a human exhalation from nearly a mile away. CIRES, NOAA, CU Boulder, and...

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