Center members and a team of collaborators have discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth. The research is described in a paper published in the Nov. 23 issue of Science (download Abstract or Full Text from Science). Read more in the Press Release.

Cool Chemistry wows audience at Pueblo Super Science Saturday (April 2007)

Cool and Creative Chemistry, an interactive K-12 outreach program designed by Center faculty and students, was presented to an enthusiastic audience of children and their parents as part of Super Science Saturday at the Steelworks Museum of Industry & Culture in Pueblo, Colorado. Read more in this news story.

Noel Clark elected to National Academy of Sciences (April 2007)

Center Director Noel Clark has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more in the press release.

21st International Liquid Crystal Conference
(July 2006)

The Center organized the 21st ILCC held in Keystone, in the Colorado Rockies, from 2-7 July 2006. See the ILCC2006 archive website.

Noel Clark wins 2006 Buckley Prize
(October 2005)

University of Colorado at Boulder physics Professor Noel Clark has won the American Physical Society’s 2006 Oliver E. Buckley Prize for Condensed Matter Physics in recognition of his work in liquid crystals. Read more in the press release.