Research & Innovation

Andy Osborne and Mark Deinert stand in front of a window with campus buildings in the background

December 23, 2025

Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks

Mines graduate student wearing a felt Orediggers cowboy hat with gold tassel listens during commencement, surrounded by fellow graduates in academic regalia.

December 22, 2025

Fall 2025 master's and Ph.D. graduates on their Mines experience

PhD graduate holds plaque standing between Mines President and Mines Vice President for Research

December 19, 2025

Chemical Engineering PhD wins Fall 2025 Rath Research Award at Graduate Commencement

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

December 16, 2025

Rare earth element technologies developed at Mines licensed by Australian mining company

Winning team from the 2025 Fall Capstone Design Showcase

December 15, 2025

Small-scale hydropower system wins top honors at Fall 2025 Capstone Design Showcase

Green vehicles move out from Williams Airfield in Antarctica

December 12, 2025

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Adam Solovay with lunar excavator

December 9, 2025

ProtoFund Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

ProtoFund project created by graduate student Navdeep Bhusri

December 8, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

Two male students work on a RC car part at a work bench

December 4, 2025

ProtoFund Powered: Students redesign RC car parts for speed, strength and savings

Pejman Tahmasebi petroleum engineering

November 25, 2025

Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide

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