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Mines and US Geological Survey expand critical minerals and energy research partnership with new joint facility

Mines and the US Geological Survey are deepening their critical minerals partnership with a new shared research facility opening in 2027.
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Chemical and biological engineering faculty win NIH grants for early career investigators

Moore Foundation funds Mines professor to pursue innovative concrete research

Kyle Leach named American Physical Society Fellow

Mines PhD students win NASA awards for ocean research

5 Questions with George Saunders: What STEM students asked the acclaimed author and Mines alum

Business engineering teaches STEM-minded undergraduates to be industry leaders

Arthur Lakes Library honored as 2025 Library of the Year by U.S. Government Publishing Office

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October 14, 2025

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Mines PhD students win NASA awards for ocean research

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New fellowship program helping to turn Mines faculty research into startup reality

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Rendering of the future Mines–USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility, showing a modern, multi-story building with large glass windows, elevated walkways, landscaped terraces, and people walking around the exterior plaza at sunset.

USGS and Mines forge new ground in critical minerals research with state-of-the-art facility

Two Colorado School of Mines students wearing safety vests, hard hats, and headlamps examine the rock ceiling inside the Edgar Experimental Mine using a mounted inspection camera. The underground setting is lit with work lights, revealing rough stone walls.

Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

A gloved hand holds a small metal scoop of processed mine tailings in a laboratory setting. Behind it, lab equipment and a mixing drum are visible. Overlaid text reads: “Rebuilding with Mining Waste – Inside the lab.”

VIDEO: Mines researchers turn mine tailings into high-performance construction materials

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ramya kumar in lab coat and green gloves working in lab

Chemical and biological engineering faculty win NIH grants for early career investigators

lori tunstall in white lab coat and blue gloves holding a test tube

Moore Foundation funds Mines professor to pursue innovative concrete research

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Kyle Leach named American Physical Society Fellow

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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
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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
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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
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