University’s mine once produced gold, now the school plans to turn part of the dark, dusty tunnel into a quantum lab

Fred Sarazin, professor and department head in physics and Mines' director of quantum and Wouter Van De Pontseele, assistant professor in physics, are interviewed in the Edgar Experimental Mine about plans for two quantum labs being built in the mine ....
March 2, 2026

Transparent gel wound dressing could be game changer to help injured people heal faster

Melissa Krebs, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, discusses her company's wound gel, Cleragel, that has special properties that allow hard to heal wounds to heal.
January 26, 2026

Do you know where your well water comes from? A look into aquifers in Southern Colorado

Lesley Sebol, groundwater program manager for the Colorado Geological Survey, and Matt Sares, senior researcher for the Colorado Geological Survey, discuss the aquifers in Southern Colorado.
October 1, 2025

Aquifers: The groundwater in Colorado’s wells and how it gets there

Lesley Sebol, groundwater program manager for the Colorado Geological Survey, and Matt Sares, senior researcher for the Colorado Geological Survey, are interviewed about the connection between ground water and surface water.
October 1, 2025

When snow falls in burned forests it melts easier

The conclusions of a Science Advances journal article authored by Arielle Koshkin, doctoral candidate in hydrologic science and engineering, and Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, is summarized in this radio news report.
September 17, 2025

Colorado Matters: Mining politics and policy

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses with Colorado Matters Host Ryan Warner why the whole world seems to be focused on critical minerals at this time. Bazilian notes that agencies and countries have their own critical minerals lists, and the lists vary.
March 17, 2025

The US-Canada trade war is on pause, but if that changes, what could it mean for Colorado?

Ian Lange, associate professor, economics and business, is interviewed about the impact of tariffs on Canadian oil imported to the U.S. The Trump administration has put a 30-day pause on such tariffs, but Colorado could still see impacts if the administration eventually decides to press play.
February 4, 2025

Minor levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water samples taken in Leadville, Lake County

Christopher Higgins, civil and environmental engineering professor at Mines, is quoted about minor levels of PFAS, a class of chemicals that can cause serious health effects, being detected at eight testing sites in Leadville and Lake County.
December 4, 2024

Crested Butte celebrates permanent protections for its ‘Red Lady,’ a victory 47 years in the making

“If the commodity market had been different, they would have opened that mine,” said Jessica Smith, a professor in the engineering design and society department at the Colorado School of Mines who has written about Mt. Emmons. “It was really the market that [killed] that project, not the opposition.”
October 8, 2024

Colorado is a regional quantum hub, but what does that mean?

"The most important idea in quantum is that everything is non-binary," said Lincoln Carr, a professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines. "The building blocks of our bodies, the electrons, protons, and neutrons that make up matter, that make up ....
January 31, 2024