Judith Olson, a senior physicist at quantum computing company ColdQuanta Inc., was named Next Generation Leader of the Year by the Women in IT Awards held in New York Sept. 21.
September 27, 2021 – Ball Aerospace Instrument Launched to Earth Observation Orbit
BROOMFIELD — An Earth observation instrument built by Ball Aerospace successfully launched Monday aboard Landsat 9, the latest joint mission between NASA and the United States Geological Society. The instruments aboard Landsat 9 will measure 11 wavelengths of light...
August 30, 2021 – Ball Aerospace Selected For Two Landsat Next Studies
The two studies are Landsat Next Instrument Study – Constellation Satellite Concept and Landsat Next Instrument – Single Satellite Concept. As part of the two studies, Ball will examine instrument architectures that extend Ball’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) and...
September 14, 2021 – Particle Measuring Systems (PMS) Announces the New PRO Series
The PRO Series from PMS is a complete collection of contamination monitoring tools developed from a decades-long commitment to supporting pharmaceutical manufacturers. Together, these products provide total and up to date assurance to manufacturers that they are...
OSA Rebrands to Optica
OSA has an exciting new name and look. In 2017, the Board of Directors launched a multi-faceted examination of our name and its alignment with the organization as a whole. At the conclusion of much study, Optica, advancing optics and photonics worldwide, emerged as...
June 12, 2019- Light-Powered Nano-Microbial ‘Factories’ Could Help Reduce Carbon
Using light-activated quantum dots to activate specific enzymes within microbial cells, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder created nanobio-hybrid organisms that can consume harmful gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert them into biodegradable...
July 4, 2019- Three NASA projects have Boulder ties
Artemis is the name given by NASA to the initiative for the U.S. achieve a manned landing on the moon by 2024 and a sustainable human presence there by 2028. The three payloads with Boulder connections that were selected involve scientists at the University of...
July 9, 2019- Teens get insider’s view of aviation, science at Boulder airport
CU Boulder’s Science Discovery program partnered with Scientific Aviation to introduce a group of high schoolers to aviation science and engineering (with a heavy dose of optics and photonics technology). Read more
July 18, 2019- Sporian to receive $100K from EPA
Lafayette-based company Sporian Microsystems, Inc. will receive $100,000 from the EPA to develop new imaging technology that can identify harmful materials in construction and demolition waste material. Read more
July 22– Ball Aerospace part of NASA air pollution sensor
TEMPO will make hourly measurements of atmospheric gases – including ozone, nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde as well as aerosols – across North America, from a geostationary vantage point 35,786 km (22,236 miles) above Earth’s equator. Read more
