Denver will explore nuclear power at DIA

Mark Jensen, professor of chemistry, sat down with 9NEWS to discuss the pros and cons of putting a small modular nuclear reactor at DIA. Jensen sees many pros to the idea, including it having a small footprint, providing, consistent and abundant power, and being carbon neutral. On the cons side he said a nuclear reactor would be expensive.
August 7, 2025

Innovative device helps vision-impaired people feel facial expressions

Jack Walters, a recent Mines alum, is CEO of Hapware. The firm is using haptic technology to create a device that allows the blind to interpret facial expressions. Walters said his company is also connecting with other communities, including people who are neurodiverse, to discover how the device can be helpful to them as well.
August 7, 2025

Denver to look at nuclear option for power at Denver International Airport

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and Grandey Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, discusses Denver International Airport's feasibility study focused on using a small modular nuclear reactor to power the airport.
August 6, 2025

DIA will explore nuclear energy as it anticipates more than 120 million passengers by 2045

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and Grandey University Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, discusses with Denver7 Denver International Airport's plan to study the feasibility of powering the facility with a small modular nuclear reactor.
August 6, 2025

App helps outdoor enthusiasts gain access to public lands surrounded by private properties

Sam Seeton, a Mines alum and CEO of Infinite Outdoors, is interviewed about his app that allows outdoor enthusiasts to connect with private property owners so they can access public lands that border private property.
August 4, 2025

Trump reshaped a climate program to extract more oil. This company stands to profit.

Anna Littlefield, program manager for low carbon energy technologies with the Payne Institute for Public Policy, says that valuing enhanced oil recovery equally with carbon storage could divert more investment into those companies doing enhanced oil recovery and less from the companies doing pure storage.
August 4, 2025

Raw power: how the global south can leverage the critical minerals race

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Center for Public Policy, co-authors this article about how the rise of economic nationalism and the return of territorial conquest as a normalized tool of statecraft is impacting the international critical minerals market.
August 2, 2025

Shifting centers of power: toward a post-westphalian world order

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Center for Public Policy, co-authors this opinion piece about the Russian-Ukraine war and the conflict in Gaza.
August 2, 2025

‘Excited’ Orediggers move into new Mines Park apartment buildings

Mary Elliott, executive director of residence life and auxiliary services, talked to the Golden Transcript about the opening day for students to move into the new Village at Mines Park. The community for upperclassman and graduate students includes five large new apartment buildings as well as 19 newly-renovated smaller apartment buildings
August 1, 2025

A River Runs Under It: Scientists drill beneath the seafloor for signs of fresh water.

Brandon Dugan, professor of geophysics, discusses the drilling expedition he's leading this summer off the coast of New England to study the freshwater system that lies deep beneath the ocean floor.
July 31, 2025

These are the best Colorado colleges, according to Money magazine

Colorado School of Mines was the only Colorado university to receive 4.5 stars or make any of Money magazine’s “best of” lists. in Money's latest ranking, Mines was recognized as one of the best colleges in the west as well as one of the best public colleges in the U.S.
July 31, 2025

CSU records largest-ever waveform resulting from earthquake near Russia

Enrique Chon, a geologist with the Colorado Geological Survey located at Colorado School of Mines, explains why it's so difficult to predict the size of a tsunami. The wave generated by the recent Russian earthquake wasn't nearly as big as feared.
July 30, 2025