Physics


“Every year, APS honors a select group of members with the 5 Sigma Physicist Award for performing outstanding advocacy that is crucial to maintaining the strength of the U.S. scientific enterprise,”
A pair of Colorado School of Mines-led teams have been awarded more than $2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy for research that could lower the cost of solar electricity. Greg Jackson
Like many researchers who specialize in lasers, Jeff Squier was excited to hear this week that three scientists had won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work with the intense beams
Quantum computers will soon be able to perform tasks that not even the most powerful classical computers are capable of today. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado School of Mines has
Three Colorado School of Mines students have received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at DOE national laboratories. Natalie Seitzman
A new art installation – made of 240 specially designed aluminum oxide ceramic tiles manufactured by CoorsTek – now crowns the ceiling of the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering
Materials informatics is the next frontier of materials science, taking computational and machine learning tools and applying them to characterizing and discovering materials. A group of Colorado
An international team led by Colorado School of Mines has been accepted to compete in the 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa in Morocco. Mines students will work hand in hand with students from Cadi Ayyad
Colorado School of Mines Assistant Professor of Physics Kyle Leach and Physics PhD student Connor Natzke were among nearly 100 nuclear physicists advocating for federal nuclear science research
From attempts to weigh the human soul to misguided investigations into cold fusion, to unaddressed instances of plagiarism that led to even greater problems down the line, the world of science offers