Energy Department renames NREL ‘National Laboratory of the Rockies’
December 2, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Monday renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, dubbing it the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
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Boulder Valley quantum firms vie for $300M from DARPA
December 2, 2025
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.
Evolution in real time
December 2, 2025
The speed of evolution can vary widely from species to species. Some adaptations require millennia to emerge, while others unfold over a few years.
Officials in region rip federal clean-energy cuts
October 23, 2025
Area elected officials reacted swiftly Friday to the $7.56 billion in funding cuts announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Energy, including $550 million for research on clean energy and mitigating climate change in Colorado.
Fort Collins office among proposed Interior Department cuts
October 23, 2025
Colorado stands to lose almost 200 jobs in the U.S. Department of the Interior under plans revealed by the Trump administration Monday, including 39 positions at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins Science Center.
Growing up with AI
October 23, 2025
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?
Pivot Energy, CU Boulder break ground on solar project for campus decarbonization
August 28, 2025
Denver-based renewable-energy power producer Pivot Energy and the University of Colorado Boulder have broken ground for a 5-megawatt direct-current virtual net metering solar project in rural Weld County to support the university’s broader clean-energy goals while advancing its climate action plan.
Aims students can apply for aircraft maintenance training program
August 28, 2025
Aims Community College students can now apply for a new aircraft maintenance training center program, which will begin in January next to the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
Solving the housing-affordability crisis
August 28, 2025
Hovering around $600,000 in 2025, the median home price in Colorado has skyrocketed in recent years, reflecting a shortage of affordable housing in the state.
Researchers explore links between asthma, intimate partner violence
August 14, 2025
As a psychology professor and associate vice provost of public good strategy and research at the University of Denver, Anne DePrince, Ph.D., has focused her career on studying the devastating effects of intimate partner violence, known as IPV..