Biden’s EV agenda hits mining world’s boom-and-bust cycle

Ian Lange, director of the mineral and energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines, said the lithium price decline shows the difficulty of making policy when the mining sector’s boom-and-bust reality is constantly shaking things up
January 31, 2024

Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong

A paper now in review led by Nathan Lenssen, a teaching assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines now visiting NCAR, takes that research a step further. It uses a set of analog “hindcasts” (forecasts of replicated past events) across ....
January 31, 2024

Colorado is a regional quantum hub, but what does that mean?

"The most important idea in quantum is that everything is non-binary," said Lincoln Carr, a professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines. "The building blocks of our bodies, the electrons, protons, and neutrons that make up matter, that make up ....
January 31, 2024

Shiling Pei: Proved the Resilient Seismic Performance of a Novel Tall-Timber Rocking-wall System in Unprecedented Shake-Table Tests

Pei, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was named a Top 25 Newsmaker of 2023 by the leading construction industry publication.
January 29, 2024

City-sized holes on Antarctica's ice shelves offer tantalizing 'window' into the frozen continent's underworld

These "windows into the sub-shelf environment" could offer clues about how the ice is melting deep beneath the surface, lead author Elena Savidge, a doctoral candidate in the Colorado School of Mines' Department of Geophysics, told Live Science.
January 26, 2024

Colorado plans to offer tax credits, loan guarantees to quantum-technology startups and expanding companies

“What I’m most excited about is the ability to get away from simulations and be able to mirror things so you can see them at a quantum level,” said Jesus Salazar, chairman of the board of trustees at the Colorado School of Mines.
January 25, 2024

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon

“The narrative going around is that nuclear is back or it’s hot,” said Ian Lange, associate professor and the director of the Mineral and Energy Economics program at Colorado School of Mines. “I don’t really think there’s gonna be that many more ....
January 15, 2024

Denver entrepreneur gives $25 million real estate portfolio to local university

Colleges and universities in Colorado have been trying to broaden the population of students they welcome into their hallowed halls. Colorado School of Mines received an influx of funds to accomplish that goal for rural students, who enter higher ....
January 12, 2024

Saudi Arabia wants to be the Saudi Arabia of minerals

The government is also training a cadre of geoscientists and engineers. Such professionals are in short supply not just in Saudi Arabia but everywhere. No amount of money can get you all the people you need today, says John Bradford of the Colorado ....
January 11, 2024

How do you build a tunnel complex like the one in Gaza

How is it possible to create this level of tunneling without being detected? And what does it take to create a tunnel? Mike Mooney, from the Colorado School of Mines speaks with host Carol Hills.
January 10, 2024