The next big Iran war question: Who will lose from the missile shortage?
A new Payne Institute for Public Policy study on the use rate of munitions in the Iran war is referenced.
April 1, 2026
Colorado School of Mines students search for wildfire fuel solutions, present to experts
Hannah Rodda, freshmen in mechanical engineering, and Lia Franklin, acting director for the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, discuss the Innov8x Biomass Challenge that examines ways to sustainably deal with the biomass removed from the forest during fire mitigation efforts.
March 31, 2026
H-1B visa restrictions will hurt America’s research potential, experts say
Ramya Kumar, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, said H-1B visas are the lifeblood for many universities because they often cannot fill researcher or doctor positions without them.
March 26, 2026
The state and future of nuclear waste
Jenifer Shafer, professor of chemistry and Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair, discusses the details of nuclear waste and solutions for its safe disposal.
March 26, 2026
U.S. Continues To Lead QS World University Rankings By Academic Field
While Harvard University again claims the most #1 rankings, Colorado School of Mines ranks #1 for its mining engineering program.
March 25, 2026
Data centers are gobbling up a resource — but not the one you think
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article that notes data centers use a lot of water to cool their equipment.
March 25, 2026
After two failed space missions, can a scrappy startup finally land on an asteroid and change spaceflight?
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, doubts you can make a working economy out of mining metals from asteroids.
March 25, 2026
"Dr. Copper" has a new diagnosis, and it's not great
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, notes that before the recent price stabilization copper prices were hitting record levels.
March 24, 2026
50 years later, survivors reflect on Vail gondola crash
9NEWS journalists Kevin Vaughn and Tom Cole utilized a report from the Ropeway Collection in the Arthur Lakes Library as they put together their four-part series on the Vail gondola crash that occurred in 1976.
March 23, 2026
Scrubbing away lunar dust
Christopher Dreyer, professor of practice in mechanical engineering, said that like staticky Styrofoam packing peanuts, electrostatically-charged moon dust is hard to get off surfaces.