A Mines study published in Science Magazine that found the U.S. can find most of the critical minerals it needs in the waste piles from existing mines is referenced.
October 16, 2025
Leaders against proposed tax on licensed patent royalties
Walter Copan, vice-president for Research and Technology Transfer, said the majority of university technology transfer offices and start-ups lose money because many discoveries do not lead to marketable products – and those that do can take a decade ....
October 16, 2025
Teaching quantum science in Colorado schools
Margaux Basart, a graduate student in quantum engineering, discusses why she is excited about pursuing a career in the quantum arena.
October 14, 2025
Buckle up: Is Waymo ready for Denver’s winter roads and angry drivers?
Frankie Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, discusses the challenges a driver-less Waymo taxi will have when it attempts to traverse ice and snow on Denver's streets.
October 14, 2025
Colorado Experience: Sacred Hot Springs
Matt Sares, senior geothermal specialist with the Colorado Geological Survey at Colorado School of Mines, said the chemistry of the water in hot springs will reflect which rocks it has passed through.
October 13, 2025
Mines grad’s app helps solve access question for some of Colorado’s 704,000 acres of inaccessible public lands
Zack Bennett, director of The Beck Venture Center, discusses Infinite Outdoors, an app started by Sam Seeton, a petroleum engineering program graduate, that allows landowners to be compensated by members of the public who wish to cross their land so they can access nearby public land.
October 13, 2025
Is nuclear power becoming cool in Colorado? Discussion of a role for it is growing
Mark Jensen, professor of chemistry, says more private money is flowing into nuclear projects than he has seen over the past 35 years.
October 13, 2025
Moore Foundation funds Colorado mines to advance biochar concrete: A path to reducing cement by 50%
Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and her company, Zero-Twelve, are the focus of this article about using biochar in an effort to make cement more climate friendly.
October 13, 2025
Mine baby mine: the U.S. government's critical mineral crusade comes to Idaho, spurring fears from tribe, conservation groups
Corby Anderson, professor of mining engineering, discusses the considerable amount of time it takes to get a mining project through the permitting process. Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is also referenced due to her ....
October 13, 2025
‘Mine, baby, mine’: U.S. government’s critical mineral crusade comes to Idaho, spurring fears from tribe, conservation groups
Corby Anderson, director of the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, discusses the challenges created by how long it takes to permit a mine in the United States.
October 12, 2025
Four things to know about the Trump administration buying a lithium mine
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, discusses the U.S. government's investment in the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada.
October 10, 2025
Inside Trump’s foray into mineral ownership
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, said that even though the U.S. government is taking an equity stake in specific mining companies he doesn't believe the government will take over the mining operations.