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Matt Morgan, director of the Colorado Geological Survey, said the Earth MRI hyperspectral campaign highlights the importance of investment in geoscience data collection across the western U.S.

Andrew Lattanner, director of federal relations, discusses Mines' new critical minerals partnership with the National Lab of the Rockies.

Colorado School of Mines is partnering in Guam with the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO) and the University of Guam to build a pipeline of locally trained mechanical engineers.

This article is authored by Lucas Bessire, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Center for Ethnography at Mines.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, warns that the United States' AI ambitions could be restrained by a shortage of a little-known semiconductor material, indium phosphide.

Mines' new undergraduate degree program in Quantum Systems Engineering will welcome its first cohort of students this fall.

Ann Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is researching the presence of microplastics in the South Platte River.

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, explains that microreactors use nowhere near the amount of water that traditional, much bigger nuclear power plants require.

Mines' new PFAS Remedial Technology Engineering Center will bring together academic researchers, industry leaders and engineering practitioners to serve as a national hub for the evaluation, validation and advancement of PFAS treatment technologies.

Mines' Capstone Design Showcase featured a multitude of innovative student projects, including one from a team that partnered with Bennett’s Longhopes Donkey Shelter to build an autonomous poop-scooping robot.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece about how demand for copper is surging while copper suppliers are struggling to keep up and are likely to fall even further behind in the coming years.

Corby Anderson, professor of mining engineering and director of the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, says copper miners across the globe are dealing with lower grade ore and trying to find out how to produce more of the metal.