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Seabed sabotage, germanium, and the future of American digital power
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece that makes the argument that it’s not solely the vulnerability of undersea cables that constrains U.S. digital and military power, but China’s leverage over ....
January 23, 2026
School of Mines launches nation's first quantum systems engineering bachelor's degree
Fred Sarazin, department head/professor of physics and Mines director of quantum, joined Fox31 morning news hosts to discuss why Mines decided to launch a bachelor's degree program in quantum systems engineering.
January 21, 2026
Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years
Brandon Dugan, associate department head, professor of geophysics and Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics, discusses his research on a body of fresh water buried beneath the ocean.
January 21, 2026