Even more than fracking, tapping oceanic methane hydrates could soon upend the global energy landscape, writes Morgan Bazilian of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and others.
January 9, 2020
The Drones That Track Down Buried Warheads
“Geophysical methods can be very effective for UXO detection,” says Andrei Swidinsky, a geophysicist at Colorado School of Mines who wasn’t involved in the study. “Several methods operate in principles similar to airport metal detectors, and as such ....
January 6, 2020
We found a chemical in tap water near an air base after SC failed to test for pollutants
Christopher Higgins, an environmental engineering professor with the Colorado School of Mines, was not surprised by the newspaper’s findings.
January 4, 2020
School of Mines band taking a Roman holiday
This week, the Colorado School of Mines ’ marching band is taking its act out of the country for only the second time in its 108-year history.
January 2, 2020
Year in Chemistry 2019: PFAS pollution solutions moved forward
Chris Higgins, who studies emerging contaminants at the Colorado School of Mines, says he expects this “every tool on the table” approach to continue. “It’s such a big liability; you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket,” he says.
December 9, 2019
Colorado School of Mines students are helping to clean up space junk
A team is designing and building three experimental methods for removing the smallest pieces of space debris.
December 4, 2019
This is what rockfall mitigation and highway cleanup looks like
Matt Morgan, deputy director of the Colorado Geological Survey, talks about rockfalls and rockfall mitigation along Interstate 70.
December 4, 2019
Hussein Amery: Climate, not conflict, drove many Syrian refugees to Lebanon
I have been studying various aspects of water and food security in the Middle East for a long time. Now I have begun a new project studying the social and economic conditions needed to repatriate rural refugees to the farming communities in Syria.
December 3, 2019
Colorado School Of Mines Students Spearhead Projects To Manage Space Debris
Students at the Colorado School of Mines are taking on a problem some of the world’s greatest minds have yet to solve. How to manage the growing threat of space debris.
November 20, 2019
Colorado School Of Mines Professor Ian Lange Named To White House Council
A Colorado professor will advise the highest office in the land on matters of economic importance. Ian Lange has been tapped to serve on the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
November 7, 2019
How does Colorado’s Lockheed Martin keep future engineers interested in space? By asking them to design robot cars.
“I thought it was going to go crashing into walls, especially my first game where I’m like, ‘I don’t know anything about deep learning. I’m gonna keep my expectations low,’” said [Julia] Harvey, a sophomore taking the Mines’ robotics and intelligent ....
November 6, 2019
Engineering students compete in AI-powered race
The students competing in the event were from the Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado Boulder and Metropolitan State University of Denver.