Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article that notes technologies driving the modern civilian economy (e.g., AI, advanced computing, semiconductors, etc.) also enable warfighting advantages.

George Sowers, professor of space resources, predicts there will be heavy use of robotics on moon bases because of the dangers presented by the radiation there.

An article authored by Richard Laurkie, the director of the NAMES Initiative at the Payne Institute, is referenced. The Payne article notes big tech look to native American land for data centers because there are fewer regulatory hurdles there.

Lori Kester, associate provost for enrollment management, said many talented students in Colorado’s mountain and rural communities are looking for accessible pathways to engineering and STEM careers.

Gerald Bourne, teaching professor and associate department head in metallurgical and materials engineering, discusses his introduction into bladesmithing and what bladesmithing looks like at Mines.

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, says that in some ways the two great lakes can be considered one lake since they share what he calls a "lake ....

Article notes Fred Sarazin, professor of physics, has been appointed Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair to further grow the university’s leadership in quantum engineering.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article examining how electrical grids can be protected in response to the type of military strategies now being utilized by Russia in its war with Ukraine.

Anuj Chauhan, professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, joins this podcast from Ireland where he is speaking about the orphan disease cystinosis and a his research regarding its treatment.

Nigeria is among nine countries that accounted for more than four-fifths of global gas flaring in 2025, according to a new World Bank report published in collaboration with the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines.

Veteran journalist Gary Shapiro utilizes the backdrop of the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs to discuss the topic of sustainability.

Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, said iron ore has not traditionally been listed as a critical mineral because of the mineral’s historic prevalence and relative profitability.