Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, explains that silver's importance is magnified because the metal is used in a myriad of consumer and industrial goods.
October 21, 2025
Great Lakes seeing near-record warm waters this fall
Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, said the Great Lakes are primed to see a higher possibility of lake effect snow because of higher water temperatures.
October 20, 2025
Study finds snow melts faster after wildfires
Arielle Koshkin, doctoral candidate in hydrologic science and engineering, discusses her study that demonstrated snow melts more quickly in burned forests.
October 17, 2025
Reimagining tailings
A Mines study published in Science Magazine that found the U.S. can find most of the critical minerals it needs in the waste piles from existing mines is referenced.
October 16, 2025
Leaders against proposed tax on licensed patent royalties
Walter Copan, vice-president for Research and Technology Transfer, said the majority of university technology transfer offices and start-ups lose money because many discoveries do not lead to marketable products – and those that do can take a decade ....
October 16, 2025
Teaching quantum science in Colorado schools
Margaux Basart, a graduate student in quantum engineering, discusses why she is excited about pursuing a career in the quantum arena.
October 14, 2025
Buckle up: Is Waymo ready for Denver’s winter roads and angry drivers?
Frankie Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, discusses the challenges a driver-less Waymo taxi will have when it attempts to traverse ice and snow on Denver's streets.
October 14, 2025
Colorado Experience: Sacred Hot Springs
Matt Sares, senior geothermal specialist with the Colorado Geological Survey at Colorado School of Mines, said the chemistry of the water in hot springs will reflect which rocks it has passed through.
October 13, 2025
Mines grad’s app helps solve access question for some of Colorado’s 704,000 acres of inaccessible public lands
Zack Bennett, director of The Beck Venture Center, discusses Infinite Outdoors, an app started by Sam Seeton, a petroleum engineering program graduate, that allows landowners to be compensated by members of the public who wish to cross their land so they can access nearby public land.
October 13, 2025
Is nuclear power becoming cool in Colorado? Discussion of a role for it is growing
Mark Jensen, professor of chemistry, says more private money is flowing into nuclear projects than he has seen over the past 35 years.