rare earths

Researchers use biological waste products to salvage neodymium from electronic waste

Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts valuable elements from fly ash, bauxite residue, electronic waste

Acid rock drainage into Western streams is a problem; climate change is making it worse

A new type of catalyst that will lead to new, sustainable ways of making and using molecules

Researchers report a simple method for recovering rare-earth elements from coal fly ash using a reusable ionic liquid

New acid mine drainage treatment process enables researchers to recover higher concentrations of rare earth elements using smaller amounts of chemicals

New research lays out thorny challenges facing the renewable sector

A newly discovered protein could help detect, target, and collect from the environment the rare-earth metals used in smartphones

The method is also an efficient way to produce strong magnets for small places, like sleek handheld electronics

The new project will sample and analyze AMD solids from 120 AMD treatment sites at coal mines across the northern and central Appalachian coal basins in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio