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Chris Dreyer, professor of practice in mechanical engineering, is interviewed for this article focusing on a company's plan to mine for Helium-3 on the moon. Helium-3 is primarily used in security scanners to detect neutrons from nuclear bombs or smuggled radioactive material.

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, and Priscilla Nelson, professor of mining engineering, co-authored this guest column on their study that revealed the U.S. could obtain nearly all the critical minerals it needs through the re-processing of mine waste.

Jennifer Miskimins, professor of petroleum engineering and department head of earth and society programs, is interviewed about her perspective as incoming president of the Society of Petroleum Engineering.

Quantum Commons, owned by Colorado School of Mines, opens in Arvada. At a ceremony attended by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, officials from the corporate park unveiled a new job board focused on quantum-focused positions.

Paulo Tabares-Velasco, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has partnered on an effort to make 16 manufactured homes in Lake County, Colorado more energy efficient. Tabares-Velasco's team installed heat pumps and induction stoves, which run on electricity instead of fossil fuels.

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, is quoted about the opening of the Quantum Commons campus in Arvada. Mines owns and operates the business park where quantum companies can set up their operations.

A study led by Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is the focus of this article. Holley's study, originally published in the journal Science, focused on the critical minerals that exist in the waste streams of U.S. mining operations.

Maxwell Brown, assistant teaching professor in economics and business, and Angeline Letourneau, visiting teaching assistant professor in humanities, arts and social sciences, are interviewed about Xcel Energy's plans and how they could impact the utility's customers' bills.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this column looking at the role critical minerals play in the defense arena.

Angel Abbud-Madrid, professor of practice in mechanical engineering and the director of the Center for Space Resources, discusses the university's involvement with the development of a moon rover. The rover has been tested in a lab at Mines that contains simulated moon dirt, called lunar regolith.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, notes a significant shortage of skilled workers in the energy, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, advanced technology, and mining sectors could slow growth.

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is quoted about her study, published in the journal Science. The study examined the critical minerals that exist in mine waste being generated by mining operations in the U.S.