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Wouter Van De Pontseele wears blue gloves while assembling wiring on some equipment

Deep underground, particle physics and quantum computing converge

Physics Assistant Professor Wouter Van De Pontseele explores the intersections of quantum computing and particle physics in underground labs built for ultra-sensitive research.

Mines appoints Executive Director of Critical Minerals Strategy and Advancement

Scientists discover Antarctica’s subglacial water flux is double previous estimates

Media tip sheet: Critical minerals extraction and processing

‘Quantum imaging’ could open new window to nanoscale universe

Mines geologists look to 66-million-year-old “clues” to predict future of global rainfall

Wendy Lea, Steve Fenberg appointed to Mines Board of Trustees

Mines student explores cutting-edge quantum research at Argonne National Laboratory

News Headlines

January 27, 2026

Mines appoints Executive Director of Critical Minerals Strategy and Advancement

A student wearing safety goggles, gloves, and a respirator mask performs a lab experiment in a mineral processing laboratory, measuring material on a scale next to an open lab notebook.

January 26, 2026

Media tip sheet: Critical minerals extraction and processing

headshots of Steve Fenberg and Wendy Lea

January 20, 2026

Wendy Lea, Steve Fenberg appointed to Mines Board of Trustees

Mines Magazine

Blue Key students standing behind Blaster the Burro

December 17, 2025

Blue Key has shaped the Oredigger experience with a century of tradition

December 3, 2025

Lessons from a Mines alum’s path to leadership in a dynamic energy landscape

Elizabeth Holley testifies before select committee

December 1, 2025

U.S. policymakers turn to Mines for trusted expertise on critical minerals

Videos

Four smiling graduate students shown in split screens with the text Colorado School of Mines Graduate Reflections.

VIDEO: Master's and PhD graduates on their Mines experience

Four smiling undergraduate students shown in split screens with the text Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Reflections.

VIDEO: Bachelor's graduates on their Mines experience

Chris Higgins stands in a field at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, leaning on a large white tank with two wooden planks on top. In the background are large machines and testing equipment, related to PFAS research.

VIDEO: PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Research

plane parked on antarctic ice with bright sun (Surface over Mercer Subglacial Lake in Antarci (Photo by Philipp Arndt)

Scientists discover Antarctica’s subglacial water flux is double previous estimates

Mines physics professor Jeff Squier is part of a national consortium of scientists researching next-generation neuroimaging.

‘Quantum imaging’ could open new window to nanoscale universe

Mines geologists look to 66-million-year-old “clues” to predict future of global rainfall

In The News

Transparent gel wound dressing could be game changer to help injured people heal faster

Melissa Krebs, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, discusses her company's wound gel, Cleragel, that has special properties that allow hard to heal wounds to heal.

January 26, 2026

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

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