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The National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab in Boulder.

Trump’s plan to shut down NCAR blasted

A business leader and elected officials in Colorado are sharply attacking the Trump administration’s announced decision to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which opened in Boulder in 1960 and employs 830 people.

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Boulder Valley quantum firms vie for $300M from DARPA

Broomfield-based quantum-computing company Quantinuum LLC and Atom Computing Inc., a California-headquartered quantum firm that hosts the lion’s share of its workforce and research and development efforts in Boulder, have both moved to the second-stage Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, a program that aims to support and validate the scalability of operations.

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Robin Tinghitella, center, and her fellow researchers pose for a photo while working at a table in Hawaii.

Evolution in real time

The speed of evolution can vary widely from species to species. Some adaptations require millennia to emerge, while others unfold over a few years.

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Views from a rooftop overlooking the University of Demver. Source: iStock/Carl Hill.

Growing up with AI

As policymakers scramble to understand how artificial intelligence might affect adults in the workplace, one researcher at the University of Denver is asking a different question: What is AI doing to our children?

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