Fire, then snow – Irish climate change adviser tells of disaster
Professor Morgan Bazilian, a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council, said the fire was unlike anything seen before in the state.
January 1, 2022
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Nebraska project finds key minerals, but can it mine them?
“Simply knowing the existence of a mineral deposit that’s attractive geologically does not guarantee commercial viability,” said professor Rod Eggert, deputy director of the Critical Materials Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 22, 2021
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These Colorado School of Mines seniors designed the future of outdoor accessibility for their finals
It’s the end of the fall semester at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, and all the makings of a classic science fair are on campus. For their final projects, groups of seniors were asked to figure out solutions to problems that included making ....
December 22, 2021
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Opinion: 3 lessons from the energy crisis
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and senior fellow Brad Handler wrote this opinion piece on the causes of tight supply and high energy prices.
December 17, 2021
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Proposed Nebraska mine might produce more rare elements
The potential shift back to producing rare earths shows how these mining projects evolve over time in response to the market, said professor Rod Eggert, deputy director of the Critical Materials Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 15, 2021
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Colorado’s new AES-to-BS engineering degree aims to help students 'thrive and be successful'
Front Range also signed a transfer agreement with Colorado School of Mines. Adeena Chughtai will start there as a junior in the fall and said, as a community college student, she never thought she’d go to a school like Mines.
December 14, 2021
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Giant cracks push imperilled Antarctic glacier closer to collapse
“It’s been something to keep an eye on for a long time,” says Matthew Siegfried, a glaciologist at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
December 14, 2021
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Mines Academy signing event fuels excitement in STEM students
Qualified Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) students who want to transfer to the Colorado School of Mines in pursuit of a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) bachelor’s degree, will soon have a more direct route to achieving their goal.
December 8, 2021
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PFAS destruction technologies are starting to emerge
“Thermal technologies in general are one of the most promising approaches for actually achieving PFAS destruction,” Timothy J. Strathmann, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, tells C&EN.
December 8, 2021
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Asteroid blasting and moon dust mitigation: You can major in that
Angel Abbud-Madrid embraced the space mania of the ’60s – he drank it down with Tang. At age 8, he watched the American moonwalk from his living room in Mexico, relieved that aliens didn’t intervene.