Reimagining tailings

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.
October 8, 2025