Nathan Spalding, a Mines senior, discuss how his snow removal business is finally looking up due to a forecast calling for the Denver metro area's first significant storm of the season.

John Spear, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses what the developers for a new Denver Broncos stadium are likely to find when they start cleaning up the Burnham Yard site.

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry, discusses the differences between the compact kind of nuclear reactor being considered for Denver International Airport and older, larger types of nuclear reactors that were more dangerous.

Leif Ritter, senior in chemical engineering, explains how he grew a 1,579 pound pumpkin using strategies he learned through his studies at Mines.

Frankie Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, discusses how her lunar lab at Mines can inform us about the challenges robo cars will have driving through the snow.

Maxwell Brown, assistant teaching professor in economics and business, and Angeline Letourneau, visiting teaching assistant professor in humanities, arts and social sciences, are interviewed about Xcel Energy's plans and how they could impact the utility's customers' bills.

Freshmen and new graduate students to Mines carried on the tradition of bringing 10-pound rocks from their homes and placing them in the "M" that resides on Mount Zion. Stefani Tompkins, new Mines provost, is interviewed about the significance of the three-mile hike up to the mountain that happens at the beginning of every fall semester.

Mark Jensen, professor of chemistry, sat down with 9NEWS to discuss the pros and cons of putting a small modular nuclear reactor at DIA. Jensen sees many pros to the idea, including it having a small footprint, providing, consistent and abundant power, and being carbon neutral. On the cons side he said a nuclear reactor would be expensive.

Jack Walters, a recent Mines alum, is CEO of Hapware. The firm is using haptic technology to create a device that allows the blind to interpret facial expressions. Walters said his company is also connecting with other communities, including people who are neurodiverse, to discover how the device can be helpful to them as well.

Enrique Chon, a geologist with the Colorado Geological Survey located at Colorado School of Mines, explains why it's so difficult to predict the size of a tsunami. The wave generated by the recent Russian earthquake wasn't nearly as big as feared.