Frankie Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Jason Slowinski, associate vice president of infrastructure and operations, discuss Waymo's roll out of autonomous cars in Denver and Colorado School of Mines experience with a shuttle service that utilized autonomous vehicles.

Students in Blue Key Honor Society, the custodians of Mines' mountainside emblem, recently changed the M to light up as a bat to celebrate Halloween.

Morgan Bazilian and Brad Handler of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, and student researcher Andrew Bauman authored this opinion piece on the potential impact of the U.S. government's renewed push ....

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, said he thinks the U.S. and its allies can make significant progress in a year’s time to lessen China's dominance of the rare earths market.

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, discusses the potential for a rare earth processing plant in New Hampshire.

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, discusses how mine waste can be processed to fulfill part of the country's need for critical minerals.

Hundreds of costumed youngsters and their families stopped by the Mines Museum of Earth Science for the fifth annual Spooktacular, a candy-free event that emphasizes STEM-based activities and goodies.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece that argues that as utilities race to meet the energy appetite of the AI economy they are quietly transferring part of that burden to the public.

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, notes that creating the infrastructure for critical minerals mining and processing facilities presents the U.S. and Australia with many challenges.

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, explains that silver's importance is magnified because the metal is used in a myriad of consumer and industrial goods.

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, said the Great Lakes are primed to see a higher possibility of lake effect snow because of higher water temperatures.

Arielle Koshkin, doctoral candidate in hydrologic science and engineering, discusses her study that demonstrated snow melts more quickly in burned forests.