When it comes to Colorado in the summer, 'geology is life'

Of all places in Colorado, those unexpected marvels are a few favorites of Matt Morgan, the state geologist with Colorado Geological Survey. Take it as a tip: Don’t let your gaze get stuck on the high peaks and deep canyons to the west, however ....
May 19, 2023

Colorado gets $32 million to create carbon-stuffing hub underground at Pueblo

The hub will be located in the Pueblo area, where massive carbon emissions from two power plants and cement kiln, among other major carbon producers, may need to be stuffed underground to meet state and U.S. climate change targets.
May 18, 2023

Opinion: Colorado is writing the national blueprint on ozone control

Morgan Bazilian, Simon Lomax and Greg Clough of the Payne Institute for Public Policy authored this opinion piece on what others can learn from Colorado's rules for regulating methane and other oil and gas emissions.
May 17, 2023

In one lake deep under Antarctica’s ice, microbes feast on ancient carbon

These less-than-ideal conditions should make them hostile to life. “If I were a microbe, I wouldn’t want to live in the cold, dark depths where I haven’t seen the sun or a new nutrient in thousands of years,” says Ryan Venturelli, a paleoglaciologist ....
May 12, 2023

Biden is scrambling for minerals. This U.S. cobalt mine just closed.

Ian Lange, director of the mineral and energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines, said nothing in U.S. federal policy is geared toward smoothing market fluctuations or encouraging long-term offtake agreements between miners and ....
May 12, 2023

What scientists discovered after simulating an earthquake on a 10-story wood building

Global interest in mass timber construction -- which involves thick, compressed layers of wood, bonded together, creating structural load-bearing elements -- has skyrocketed in the last several years, after the International Building Code announced ....
May 10, 2023

Watch it sway: 10-story tower survives fake quake in possible boon for tall wood buildings

“The building performed exactly like we expected,” said Shiling Pei, a Mines engineer and the project’s co-director. “The building should go back to plumb. We designed everything to be elastic like a spring or a rubber band. You can stretch it, but ....
May 10, 2023

SpaceX Bets Steel Plates Will Keep Launchpad From Blowing Up

“It’s sort of astonishing to me that they didn’t use the practices that the launch industry has perfected for decades,” said George Sowers, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines who previously worked for Martin ....
May 9, 2023

Nuclear power generation renaissance underway

“Nuclear power is generally regarded as one of the safest forms of power generation. We fear it a lot. We worry about it,” said Dr. Jeffery King, professor of nuclear engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in an interview with The Denver Gazette ....
May 8, 2023

Young artists learn to make skis — then print their own art on them

The program concept first came to mind when Owen Hildreth, an associate professor at Colorado School of Mines, was looking for outreach programs related to manufacturing.
May 5, 2023

From 'It's a Wonderful Life' to 'Tax Me If You Can,' movies show how billionaires' money affects us all

Scott Houser, an economics pedagogy expert and the department head of economics and business at Colorado School of Mines. saw this first-hand when he was teaching his film course in Fresno.
May 4, 2023

Unlikely connection: college students in Ukraine and the U.S. form a bond

Daria Samotuga's life is also shaped by a new set of relationships — with American college students. She and other students in her master's program in Dnipro have been meeting — over Zoom — with undergraduate students at Colorado School of Mines ....
May 4, 2023