Space mining – the extraction and use of resources from the moon, asteroids and more – once sat firmly in the realm of science fiction. Now, the first missions to harvest water from the permanently

The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT), an industry-academia consortium at Colorado School of Mines that advances data informatics and advanced characterization

John G. Speer, John Henry Moore Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the

Recruiters from more than 230 companies, government agencies and graduate schools descended on the Colorado School of Mines campus Feb. 12 to speak with current students and recent graduates about job

Shape memory alloys are well known for their remarkable properties —superelasticity, shape memory and actuation allow them to be crumpled up and then spring back to a "remembered" original shape. But

The view from space of the nighttime lights on Earth is one of the most iconic images of humanity’s presence. But more than just a pretty picture, these and other nocturnal radiant emissions are

A show-stopping collection of minerals valued at $3.2 million has been donated to the Mines Geology Museum. The 27 specimens — remarkable for their pristine condition, color and crystal form — come

Megan Diercks, a French instructor at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the rank of chevalier by the Order of French Academic Palms. The highest nonmilitary honor that a noncitizen can

Zhenzhen Yu, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for work to accelerate the design of

A Colorado School of Mines professor of mining engineering is part of a team whose proposal for using big data to improve living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey has won a prize in an