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The laser bay of Colorado State University’s Laboratory for Advanced Lasers and Extreme Photonics Oct. 29. The bay is where the laser passes through several stages, with mirrors and crystals at each stage that shape and refine the laser as it goes, until it eventually comes out in the chamber where researchers can conduct experiments. Ghassan Zeraouli, a post-doctoral staff scientist at the lab, explained that the laser operates at about ten pulses per second. “We take those ten pulses, and we stretch them in time so that we can amplify them,” he said. “We start with smaller pulses, with less energy, and we use another laser to amplify those little pulses. The laser can be amplified in different stages.”

LaserNetUS, CSU’s Advanced Beam Laboratory fuel research collaboration

Cait Mckinzie, Photo Director January 27, 2025

Just a short distance outside of Fort Collins on the Colorado State University Foothills Campus sits one of the most powerful lasers in the world. Directed by professors and run by graduate students...

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CSU researchers study possible Alzheimer’s treatment

Hannah Parcells, Managing Editor November 20, 2024

The findings of a recent study at Colorado State University could be groundbreaking in the ongoing search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a disorder in the brain...

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CSU’s Borlee Lab investigates Colorado’s aerobiome

Paige Gruber, Staff Reporter October 30, 2024

The Borlee Lab at Colorado State University is situated in the microbiology, immunology and pathology department. The Borlee Lab tests Colorado air to discover more about the collection of microorganisms...

Winter pea research indicates diverse potential benefits

Winter pea research indicates diverse potential benefits

Hayley Bisant, Staff Reporter October 21, 2024

Whether it relates to solving new problems or improving previous methods, there are many areas currently in need of attention when it comes to our management of natural resources. It can be overwhelming...

CSU students search for antibiotics amid global health crisis

CSU students search for antibiotics amid global health crisis

Hana Pavelko and Jenn Dawson October 2, 2024

The discovery of the first modern antibiotic treatment was actually an accident. The drug penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 when a culture of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus...

Reed Hollinger works with a petawatt-class titanium sapphire laser system at the Colorado State University Advanced Beam Laboratory in Fort Collins Oct. 3, 2023. Designed and built by undergraduates in house, the laser is one of the highest powered in North America and can produce temperatures similar to the center of the sun.

CSU offers rare opportunities for undergraduate research

Hana Pavelko, Staff Reporter September 9, 2024

Colorado State University has made a name for itself in the world of academic research and is recognized around the world for its status as a tier 1 research university. "Today, CSU has grown to become...

CSU digs paleontology, inspiring careers in field

CSU digs paleontology, inspiring careers in field

Hana Pavelko, Staff Reporter August 5, 2024

“Life finds a way,” Ian Malcolm said in “Jurassic Park” — and it seems like it has. Despite the passing of millions of years, scientists are still discovering evidence of previous life on Earth,...

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Extreme weather prompts new scientific collaboration

Marinna Stopa, Guest Author August 3, 2024

“The U.S. is experiencing nearly six times more major weather and climate disasters per year than it did 40 years ago,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said. On May 21, the Biden administration...

10 unsung CSU research projects impacting NoCo, broader society

10 unsung CSU research projects impacting NoCo, broader society

Jenn Dawson, Science Editor August 1, 2024

The usual suspects of CSU research can be difficult to escape. Everywhere students look, there are ongoing studies about obscure animals adapting to climate change, creative interventions for dementia...

In an animal pen, a scientist wearing latex gloves and a harness carrying a medical device crouches next to a baby cow, feeling the calf's side with their right hand.

CSU livestock research lab tackles leading health concerns in cattle industry

Paige Gruber, Staff Reporter May 10, 2024

Established in August 2022, the Sarah Raabis Lab at Colorado State University is making significant strides to improve animal welfare by focusing on the most pressing issues in the beef and dairy industries...

A woman wearing a black helmet-like cover on her head and a harness on her chest holds her arms up in line with her shoulders with her hands pointed forward.

Patients with MS find help at Sensorimotor Neuroimaging Laboratory

Cait Mckinzie, Staff Photographer April 24, 2024

Any time a human moves, dozens, hundreds, thousands of neurons fire. Every step, every hand gesture, every blink, nerves carry impulses from the brain, through the body and back. At Colorado State...

A logo reading, Climbers for bat conservation, with a drawing of a flying bat to the left of the words and the silhouette of a mountain skyline behind the words.

Biologists enlist climbers in bat conservation effort

Katie Fisher, Staff Reporter April 24, 2024

Many may think of bats as bloodthirsty creatures, conjuring up popular culture images of vampires and Dracula. But the stereotype couldn't be further from the truth, as one group at Colorado State University...

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