Scientists in Antarctica discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise

Matt Siegfried, assistant professor of geophysics, and Mines Geophysics alum Chloe Gustafson spent 61 days living in tents on an Antarctic ice stream to collect data about the land under half a mile of ice beneath their feet. Here, they explain what ....
May 5, 2022

Here’s how Colorado oil and gas companies say they are getting to net-zero emissions

The old way, or current way, uses thermographic cameras that can see methane. But to capture that, operators rely on either drones, satellites or people driving around trucks with the cameras, said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute ....
April 20, 2022

Analysis: Musk's tweets fuel mining industry's hopes of a buyout by Tesla

"There's a huge disconnect in this country about metals refining," said Corby Anderson, who teaches metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines. "And yet the public expects the materials to be available to do the things they want."
April 19, 2022

Can oil companies use their extra money to ease pain at the pump? It’s complicated.

Morgan Bazilian, who heads up the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, said, “I don’t know if that has any precedent at all.”
April 12, 2022

Wooden Skyscrapers are on the Rise

“We need to find a way to make these buildings earthquake-resistant, since it’s a new building type, and nobody’s ever done this before,” says Shiling Pei, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and ....
April 11, 2022

Problems with presidential records are not just about Trump

Ken Osgood, professor of history at Colorado School of Mines, co-wrote this opinion piece with Jeremi Suri of the University of Texas at Austin.
April 8, 2022

Opinion: Removing patent rights to lower drug costs is dangerous precedent

Walter G. Copan, vice president for research and technology transfer at Colorado School of Mines, wrote this opinion piece about the importance of protecting the Bayh-Dole Act.
April 6, 2022

The Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal to be honored

Fabian Jimenez, a freshman studying civil engineering at Colorado School of Mines, is the winner of the 2021 Emerging Community Leader Medal.
April 6, 2022

Wednesday's Child: Meet Kaleb

Ryan Eto '21, coach of the Mines men's club basketball team, shoots some hoops with Kaleb in Lockridge Arena.
April 6, 2022

For Europe, quitting Russian coal will be easier than quitting Russian natural gas

Natural gas requires pipelines or special import terminals to move around the world. Coal, on the other hand, does not, noted Ian Lange, an associate professor at the Colorado School of Mines.
April 5, 2022

Precious Metal Values are Raising Battery Prices and Slowing EV Uptake

Metals markets are notoriously unstable year-over-year, according to Dr. Roderick Eggert, a mineral economics professor at Colorado School of Mines. Manufacturers, specifically carmakers who are relatively new to this market, have to adapt to that ....
April 4, 2022

Baltics cut off Russian gas, but Germany, EU face struggle

Morgan Bazilian, a public policy professor at the Colorado School of Mines, told The Hill that Lithuania eight years ago developed a floating storage and regasification unit at the country’s Klaipėda LNG terminal, which enables the country to take in ....
April 4, 2022