The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls, when it’s cold and wet enough to maintain a deep snowpack through April 1. But even among these rare snow deluges, last year’s stood out as the snowiest, edging out ....

“There’s a common narrative with climate change that extreme weather events are getting more extreme,” lead author Adrienne Marshall, an assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, said in a statement.

Walter G. Copan, vice president for research and technology transfer at Colorado School of Mines, wrote this opinion piece about the potential impacts of a Biden administration proposal to try to lower drug prices.

In Colorado, state water regulators have a good idea which water systems have PFAS in their drinking water supplies, said Christopher Higgins, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, who is an expert in ....

The students built boats made entirely out of cardboard and duct tape as part of the Engineering Days festivities.

On a power grid, power lines have reclosers. “Look at them like an automatic circuit breaker,” said Omid Beik, Colorado School of Mines assistant professor of electrical engineering. “The function of a recloser is to disconnect and automatically ....

Morgan Bazilian, Greg Clough and Simon Lomax of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece about the disconnect in U.S. hydrogen policy.

“China’s looking better, the U.S. is going gangbusters,” said Ian Lange, director of the Mineral and Energy Economics program at the Colorado School of Mines.

The elementary school students making paper parachutes and homemade kaleidoscopes now will — in about 10 years or so — be studying aerospace engineering and nuclear fission. That’s the hope behind programs like Colorado School of Mines’ third annual ....

“It's certainly very hot, right,” said Ian Lange, who studies the uranium and nuclear industries as an associate professor of economics and business at the Colorado School of Mines. “Prices are high.”

Colorado School of Mines students can now have their own “ Shark Tank” experience thanks to the campus’ new Beck Venture Center.

“We’re already starting to get that kind of synergy where the companies come in, the investors come in, companies bring more investors, investors bring more companies, and ... it becomes a place to be for those connections,” Zach Bennett, founding ....