Research & Innovation

Walt Copan sits at a table behind a sign with his name on it speaking

November 21, 2025

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

Chris Higgins, a Colorado School of Mines Civil and Environmental Engineering researcher, stands at a PFAS water treatment testing site, leaning on equipment tanks with mobile treatment units in the background.

October 28, 2025

You've been exposed to PFAS. Mines researchers are working to destroy it

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

October 20, 2025

NSF, Lemelson Foundation support sustainable engineering mindset at Mines

Ramya Kumar in white lab coat and green gloves inspecting item in the lab

October 14, 2025

Chemical and biological engineering faculty win NIH grants for early career investigators

Lori Tunstall wears a white lab coat and blue gloves and looks at a vial of black material

October 13, 2025

Moore Foundation funds Mines professor to pursue innovative concrete research

Aerial view of the Energy and Minerals Research Facility under construction on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colorado, with a tower crane rising above the steel-framed building and the foothills in the background.

September 18, 2025

New Mines-USGS facility will fast-track the nation's critical minerals research

Burned forest in the snow

September 17, 2025

Snow melts earlier in burned forests, new Science Advances study finds

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

September 9, 2025

Payne Institute 2025 State of Critical Minerals Report: How processing and recovery can strengthen U.S. mineral security

emissions from multiple smokestacks against a blue sky

September 8, 2025

Lessons from social sciences could move community engagement on industrial decarbonization projects from “public relations” to meaningful impact

two students in protective eyewear and orange earmuffs lean in around translucent glowing plastic box with metal rod through it

September 5, 2025

Mines researchers contributing to $5M DOE center to design impact-resistant materials

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

September 5, 2025

Inside the Colorado School of Mines student research shaping the future of critical minerals

Reza Hedayat wears a lab coat, safety glasses and green gloves next to a large machine in the mine tailings lab.

September 4, 2025

Mine waste offers new path to sourcing critical minerals, sustainable construction materials