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A study by Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, and Steven Smith, associate professor of economics and business, finds that water rights holders are being impacted by climate-change-driven earlier and shifting water availability.

For their Senior Capstone Project, a group of Mines students were tasked by Project S.E.R.V.E. with building a dog harness with a rolling cart attachment for Nebraska Navy veteran Mary Emmerick and her service dog.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Jahara Matisek, research fellow at Payne, co-author this article arguing that the Hormuz crisis is showing China how maritime pressure can weaken rivals.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses what motivated the UAE to make the decision to leave OPEC.

Hongyan Liu, teaching professor in civil and environmental engineering, and Allison Jansen, a senior in civil engineering, discuss the Timber Strong Construction Competition in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Sarah Balgooyen, research industry liaison officer for PFAS@Mines and lead author on a PFAS study in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, says diet is the primary PFAS pathway for most people.

Mines' explosives lab near Idaho Springs, CO is profiled; the lab allows Mines students to prepare for roles within mining and other industries.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Jahara Matisek, senior fellow at Payne, authored this column focused on the role gallium plays in radars used by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor in mining engineering, discusses her research around the recovery of critical minerals from U.S. mine waste.

Gelsana, a wound care company founded by Melissa Krebs, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, and backed by the Mines Venture Fund, is profiled.

Linda Battalora, teaching professor in petroleum engineering, co-authored this article that notes methane management remains difficult in part because emissions are often intermittent and super-emitters can distort totals.

The article notes Mines is developing highly sensitive underground detectors to study rare particle interactions, which could shed light on the universe’s origins and advance quantum computing.