The production of rare earth metals is a global $4 billion annual market that continues to grow as new electronics, computerized engines for aircraft, warships, electric automobiles, magnets and other ...

A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

(Nanowerk News) Microorganisms work in an underground bioreactor and convert ores or residual materials from mining into the valuable metals copper, indium and zinc. Innovative membrane filters then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lithium-ion batteries power our daily lives, from smartphones to electric cars. However, as demand grows, so does the problem of e ...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio — In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material opens in ...

pH7 Technologies has secured C$850,000 to further develop its sustainable critical metals extraction technology. The cash infusion will come from BC’s Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, which was ...

A groundbreaking method of recycling electronic waste could revolutionize the extraction of precious metals for green technologies. Gisele Azimi, a professor at the University of Toronto and an expert ...