A team of researchers is developing new approaches to chemical synthesis and mineral processing based on solid-state chemistry -- and inspired by examples from nature. The unconventional approaches ...
On Jan. 12, the Stanford Energy Seminar examined how new materials science research, including advanced characterization and AI tools, could help decarbonize metals production across the global supply ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana – 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 ...
A technology company is using bacterium to pioneer new methods of extraction in the oil and mining industries.
Fifty years ago, scientists hit upon what they thought could be the next rocket fuel. Carboranes -- molecules composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms clustered together in three-dimensional ...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) partners with Rio Tinto's Nuton Technology to leverage bioleaching techniques for copper extraction ...