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Mines experts are advancing U.S. critical minerals policy discussions with data-driven insight, shaping energy, security and workforce innovation.

Researchers at Colorado School of Mines are revealing the risks of aquifer sinkholes and groundwater loss from local farms to megacities, threatening infrastructure and livelihoods.

Endowed by Colorado School of Mines alum Ben Fryrear ’62, the chair supports Mines faculty working to further the university’s vision and mission.

NSF and Lemelson Foundation back Mines research preparing engineers to solve technical, social and environmental challenges.

Colorado School of Mines faculty win NIH MIRA grants to explore protein complexes and immune response, advancing innovation in biological and medical research.

Moore Foundation backs Mines research turning municipal waste into biochar concrete, cutting carbon emissions from landfills and cement production.

Wildfires are causing earlier snowmelt across the western U.S., and this effect would only be exacerbated by projected warmer winters. This is according to a new study led by Colorado School of Mines

A new paper in Nature Communications calls on energy developers to incorporate state-of-art knowledge to ensure decarbonization projects benefit the communities that choose to host them.

Leslie Lamberson, director of the Extreme Structures & Materials (X-STRM) Laboratory, is a co-principal investigator for the new Center for Simulation and design of Heterogeneous Architectures for Performance and Energy absorption (SHAPE).

The findings, published in the journal Science, show that improved recovery of critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams could meet the U.S. demand for energy, defense and technology applications.