The federal AI land rush is an execution test

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that concludes land control is only the beginning of the development chain for data centers.
July 20, 2026

The oil futures curve is a balance sheet

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that notes the oil futures curve provides insight into inventory tightness, storage incentives, physical stress and the direction of inventory movements.
July 20, 2026

Big Tech is now targeting Native American land for massive data centers

Article notes the Payne Institute for Public Policy has concluded that tribal lands are becoming homes to new data centers in part because there are less regulatory hurdles to be scaled on reservations.
July 20, 2026

Feynman sprinkler problem solved: Momentum flux, not fluid swirl, spins both ways

Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, said his work along side a colleague from NYU, provides a firmer understanding of how components respond to fluid flows.
July 18, 2026

2026 best value colleges in America

This ranking examined the best value for a student's money based on net price, alumni earnings, graduation rates, and student debt using data from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews. Mines ranked #48 for Best Value.
July 16, 2026

China’s tungsten controls expose a semiconductor chokepoint

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that examines the role the gas tungsten hexafluoride plays in the manufacture of semiconductors.
July 14, 2026

AI, defense spending fuel the rush to mine minerals, report says

Ian Lange, the Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, said the militaries of the world are not big consumers of critical minerals when compared to other sectors.
July 14, 2026

Physicists have argued over this problem since 1883. It may now be solved.

Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, was co-author on a study that examined how a submerged lawn sprinkler would rotate if run in reverse, with the water flowing in through the sprinkler arms.
July 14, 2026

Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”

Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, co-authored the "silly sprinklers" article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with Leif Ristroph, associate professor of mathematics at NYU.
July 13, 2026

Freeing Guam’s future through technology

Through a partnership between the University of Guam, Mines, and ASTRO America, students in Guam will have the opportunity to earn a mechanical engineering degree with a specialization in additive manufacturing.
July 10, 2026

Electricity and military power

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that notes electricity is becoming the foundational resource for militaries of the 21st century.
July 10, 2026

Excellence in everything at Colorado School of Mines Rec Sports

The article shines a spotlight on the Rec Sports program at Mines, noting that Paul C. Johnson, Mines' president, is a rec sports regular, swimming laps in the pool in the morning and attending many of the varsity competitions hosted on campus.
July 9, 2026