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Oct. 21, 2021 —Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products such as plastic kettles from releasing ...
June 3, 2022 —Studying ancient ocean floors could help us discover minerals needed to produce electric cars and solar ...
Mar. 9, 2021 —From ice skating, it has been known for a long time that a thin liquid film forms on ice surfaces. This, along with other causes, is responsible for ice slipperiness. Scientists have now investigated ...
Aug. 5, 2020 —A new way to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) could help transform the environmental pollution problem into an important domestic source of the critical rare earth elements needed to produce technology ...
Oct. 11, 2022 —Ramping up renewable energy products will require a range of critical metals. One of these elements, tellurium, is gaining in popularity for use in photovoltaics, or solar panels. As global demand ...
Apr. 11, 2023 —A lightning strike in New Port Richey, Florida, led to a chemical reaction creating a new material that is transitional between space minerals and minerals found on Earth. High-energy events, such as ...
Oct. 9, 2020 —Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth ...
May 25, 2021 —QUT researchers have used experimental x-ray techniques at the Australian Synchrotron to gain fundamental insights into how gypsum dehydrates under pressure and the processes that create ...
Apr. 27, 2023 —Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called ...
Mar. 13, 2023 —Scientists have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials. The team has converted mineral shells of algae into lead halide perovskites with tunable physical properties. The ...