Today is CU Boulders 2026 Buffs All In Day! Today celebrates 150 years of giving that has supported CU Boulder, impacting communities and connections across Campus.

Interested in learning more about careers in renewable energy? On Wednesday, April 1, RASEI is co-hosting, with WRISE, a panel discussion that cuts across a range of sectors involved in renewable energy technologies and markets. Open to all! calendar.colorado.edu/event/wrise-...

Atoms don’t sit still, even in the smallest materials. A new RASEI story looks at how tiny rearrangements inside nanocrystals (“atomic musical chairs”) can help scientists understand how materials work and how they might support more energy‑efficient technologies over time.

Coming up on Wednesday April 1, RASEI is cohosting a panel discussion on careers in renewable energy with WRISE. Come and join the discussion. 4:30 - 6:00 PM in the SEEC building. calendar.colorado.edu/event/wrise-...

Graduate student Ben Hammel, a member of RASEI Fellow Gordana Dukovic’s research group was one of eleven finalists in the CU Boulder Three Minute Thesis competition last month. Find out more about his experience making nanocrystals understandable here: www.colorado.edu/rasei/2026/0...

Excellent update on what RASEI doctoral graduate Aoife Henry (PhDEIEngr’24) is up to now.

RASEI January 2026 Research Roundup💡🧪 The RASEI community started out fast in 2026, with 10 papers published in January 🚀. These cover a wide range of topics from how we can make wastewater purification more efficient to how electrons move in one-molecule thick films!

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that challenges graduate students to hone their presentation skills and present the premise and results of their entire thesis in just three minutes. www.colorado.edu/graduatescho...

Just out in Chemistry of Materials, this highly collaborative article, that includes four RASEI Fellows, describes how you can tune the properties of quantum dots, important materials for displays, communications, and new, more energy efficient, electronic technologies.

Out last week in Science, a collaboration involving RASEI Director Seth Marder, that uses a molecular engineering approach to develop more robust and efficient solar cells. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Just out in Communications Biology, this report uses cutting-edge video microscopy to better understand how different bacterial cells create solid materials: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Check out the full summary of RASEI year in review events here: mailchi.mp/colorado/...

RASEI 2025: Year in Review: November 2025 RASEI Fellow @queenofpeat.bsky.social Merritt Turetsky discusses how Bogs are the Real Superheroes on the TedX Stage

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: November 2025 2025 Nozik Lecture with Professor Sir Richard Friend

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: November 2025 Supply-Chain Delays, Rising Equipment Prices Threaten Electricity Grid

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: October 2025 Agami Zero Breaks Through with Magnetic Hydrogen Advance

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: October 2025 Boulder Climate Ventures Ignites Climate Tech Momentum with Fall Series

RASEI 2025 Year In Review: September 2025 Unlocking a Cleaner way to do Chemistry www.colorado.edu/ras...

RASEI 2025 Year In Review: August 2025 Breakthroughs in Materials Science are Helping to Improve Tomorrows Energy Storage

RASEI 2025 Year In Review: September 2025 Liquid Crystals that Keep Time: Scientists Create Matter that Dances to its Own Beat

RASEI 2025 Year In Review: August 2025 Powering the Future: U.S. Students Gain International Experience Through Photovoltaics Research in Berlin

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: August 2025 New Report Evaluates How We Can Use Energy Better in Buildings at Community Scale

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: August 2025 RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze Honored as a Member of the 2025 IBPSA Fellows Class

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: August 2025 Professor Kim See Joins RASEI

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: July 2025 2025 BEaRS Interdisciplinary Workshop

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: June 2025 2025 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: May 2025 RASEI Fellow Kat Knauer Selected as Member of C&ENs 2025 Talented 12

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: April 2025 RASEI Fellows Developing Sustainable Solutions to Address AI Increases in Energy Demand

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: March 2025 Ivan Smalyukh Elected to 2024 Class of AAAS Fellows

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: March 2025 Big Award for Understanding the Tiny

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: March 2025 Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action

RASEI 2025 Year in Review: January 2025 Catalyzing the Sustainable Decomposition of PFA Forever Chemicals

Buildings are responsible for consuming ~40% of all generated energy globally, much of which is wasted in heating and cooling the building interior. Buildings commonly lack the ability to passively maintain the temperature needed for a comfortable indoor environment

Electricity is crucial to modern life. We rely on being able to plug devices in to the outlet in the wall, flipping a switch, and things working without a problem. But it is not that simple, the power grid is actually something of a balancing act.

Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...

Agami Zero won the 2025 Lab Venture Challenge (part of Lab Venture Partners) with an innovation to make producing Hydrogen Fuels from renewable energy more efficient! We caught up with the team to learn a little more. agamizero.com

Interesting article on the promise of perovskite materials as next-generation photovoltaics: www.nature.com/articles/d42...

Interesting article that imagines the really cool things we could do with abundant clean energy: www.vox.com/climate/4703...

Just out in Nature Physics, this collaborative report involving RASEI Fellow Ross Larsen explores how electrons move easily in some materials that lack a regular crystal structure. Important information to better understand how to make more efficient displays, electronic devices, and solar cells.

This year we held the fourth in the Nozik Lecture Series, with Sir Richard Friend joining us from the University of Cambridge in the UK. www.colorado.edu/rasei/nozik-...

First real snow of the season in Boulder www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whem...

Interested in doing research with RASEI? We are carrying out a faculty search for those ready to explore how we can best use energy. We are looking for those interested in investigating energy-efficient computing or materials circularity.

Congratulations to the six RASEI Fellows featured in the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers class! The high impact work being done on renewable energy and sustainability are having significant impacts in the scientific community! www.colorado.edu/researchinno...

Two new data centers in Silicon Valley have been built but can’t begin processing information: The equipment that would supply them with electricity isn’t available: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

On 11/12/2025 Sir Richard Friend will deliver the 2025 Nozik Lecture, providing an account of his teams exploration of how organic semiconductors interact with light. Come and join us starting at 3:00 PM with a reception after. Register and find out more: bit.ly/2025Nozik

The 2025 Nozik Lecture will be delivered by Sir Richard Friend, from the U Cambridge. Join us on 11/12/2025 at 3:00 PM for a tour of his work exploring organic semiconductors. Learn more: bit.ly/2025Nozik

Sir Richard Friend will be presenting the 2025 Nozik Lecture. A pioneer in organic semiconductors, this presentation will chart his teams exciting work. Come and join us on 11/12/2025 at 3:00 PM. Register now for more information: bit.ly/2025Nozik

Sir Richard Friend will be presenting the 2025 Nozik Lecture, describing his teams explorations of how organic molecules can manipulate light. Join us on Wed November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM. Register and find out more: bit.ly/2025Nozik

Join us on Wednesday November 12 at 3:00 PM for the 2025 Nozik Lecture, presented by Sir Prof. Richard Friend from U Cambridge. A pioneer in understanding how organic molecule interact with light, this promises to be an excellent afternoon of science: bit.ly/2025Nozik

1/ 🚨 Big news in photochemistry! A team led by RASEI's Gordana Dukovic has created a molecular dam that slows energy leaks in nanocrystals—making light-driven reactions 40x more efficient! 🌞🔬