Tom Brady, professor of practice, Economics and Business, discusses how China could use its leadership position in the rare earth minerals arena as leverage as it negotiates tariffs with the United States.

Eric Anderson, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, is quoted in this Newsweek article focusing on a recent satellite image that revealed the aftermath of a brutal cold snap that gripped Chicago between January 19 and 24, leaving Lake Michigan covered with ice. Anderson said improved ice measurements could enhance weather forecasting and provide valuable insights into changes in Earth's surface freshwater systems.

"The biggest and most consequential wild card is what happens in the 2024 U.S. election," said Ken Osgood, history professor at Colorado School of Mines, noting the signaling of Trump and the MAGA wing of the GOP to end the war in Ukraine quickly.

Trump's disparaging of NATO, which has included urging last month Russia to attack its members that do not meet a 2 percent minimum spending requirement, has also played into Putin's hands, said U.S.-Russian relations expert Ken Osgood, history ....

Elizabeth Van Wie Davis, author of Shadow Warfare: Cyberwar Policy in the United States, Russia, and China, said that ever since Prigozhin was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in 2018, along with 13 Russian companies, Moscow's interference in the U.S ....

"They can exploit a number of existing realities. One of those realities is the economic toll that the war is taking on the United States, especially as we see in inflation and gas prices. That creates an enormous political vulnerability, a political ....

Metals markets are notoriously unstable year-over-year, according to Dr. Roderick Eggert, a mineral economics professor at Colorado School of Mines. Manufacturers, specifically carmakers who are relatively new to this market, have to adapt to that ....

Dr. Steven Enders, a professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, told Newsweek that the mine's Manitoba location and abundance of hydropower is well-suited for its sustainability goals.

Another image, posted by the Earth Observation Group at the Colorado School of Mines, shows a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) detection of power outages in Texas on Tuesday.