The impacts of the Iran War on coal

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that examines how the Iran war is pushing Asian countries back toward the utilization of coal as an energy source.
May 12, 2026

U.S. Geological Survey and NASA map Colorado’s critical minerals from 65,000 feet

Matt Morgan, director of the Colorado Geological Survey, said the Earth MRI hyperspectral campaign highlights the importance of investment in geoscience data collection across the western U.S.
May 12, 2026

Colorado looks to secure its place in the critical minerals industry with expanding partnership

Andrew Lattanner, director of federal relations, discusses Mines' new critical minerals partnership with the National Lab of the Rockies.
May 12, 2026

Guam's best-kept secret could soon be most important factory for the US Navy

Colorado School of Mines is partnering in Guam with the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO) and the University of Guam to build a pipeline of locally trained mechanical engineers.
May 12, 2026

Contamination, climate change and political drama stall clean water for Colorado’s Arkansas Valley

This article is authored by Lucas Bessire, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Center for Ethnography at Mines.
May 11, 2026

Command of the interconnect: The hidden infrastructure war beneath artificial intelligence

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, warns that the United States' AI ambitions could be restrained by a shortage of a little-known semiconductor material, indium phosphide.
May 11, 2026

Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry

Mines' new undergraduate degree program in Quantum Systems Engineering will welcome its first cohort of students this fall.
May 11, 2026

Is the South Platte River full of microplastics? This Ph.D candidate is finding out

Ann Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is researching the presence of microplastics in the South Platte River.
May 8, 2026

Military’s selection of Buckley base as possible site for nuclear microreactor spurs questions in Aurora

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and the director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, explains that microreactors use nowhere near the amount of water that traditional and much bigger nuclear power plants require.
May 7, 2026

Colorado School of Mines launches research center on PFAS destruction technologies

Mines' new PFAS Remedial Technology Engineering Center will bring together academic researchers, industry leaders and engineering practitioners to serve as a national hub for the evaluation, validation and advancement of PFAS treatment technologies.
May 6, 2026

Mines students build new type of cattle guard for City of Boulder

Mines seniors Ava Watson, mechanical engineering, and Ashley Doehner, design engineering, discuss an accessible cattle guard their team designed for its Senior Capstone Project completed for its client, City of Boulder Open Space and Parks.
May 5, 2026

Mines’ capstone work demonstrates inventions and experience

Mines' Capstone Design Showcase featured a multitude of innovative student projects, including one from a team that partnered with Bennett’s Longhopes Donkey Shelter to build an autonomous poop-scooping robot.
May 4, 2026