How Metals Help Bring New Life to Plastic Waste
A research team at ETH Zurich is developing methods for the chemical breakdown of plastics using ruthenium.
How Metals Help Bring New Life to Plastic Waste
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Researchers Working on “Sponges” to Separate Rare Earths
Researchers Working on “Sponges” to Separate Rare Earths
Molecular-sized metal-organic frameworks – MOFs – could help in the search for new critical mineral supply sources.
Fewer Raw Materials = Less Import Dependence? EU Launches Research Project on Rare Earth Magnets
Fewer Raw Materials = Less Import Dependence? EU Launches Research Project on Rare Earth Magnets
$9 million in EU funding for GREENE – Hypromag and Robert Bosch among the project partners.
Olympia: A Runway for High-Tech Textiles
Olympia: A Runway for High-Tech Textiles
Taiwanese designer dresses athletes in germanium fabric.
Bioleaching: Researchers Extract Metals With the Help of Microorganisms
Bioleaching: Researchers Extract Metals With the Help of Microorganisms
German project team on the way to emission-free mining of copper, indium, and zinc.
New Approach to Rare Earth Recycling
New Approach to Rare Earth Recycling
A research team at ETH Zurich develops a process for extracting europium from old fluorescent light bulbs.