One smartphone contains more than 70 raw materials and more than 50 metals. Many of these need to be mined from the Earth. A standard 200g phone involves extracting resources from more than 200kg of ...

Scientists in Germany may have just cracked the code to making electric vehicle batteries dramatically greener — and cheaper. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials have ...

Extraterrestrial mining and metal processing are key strategies for space exploration. In a new study in Scientific Reports, Rodolfo Marin Rivera, and a team of scientists in materials science, ...

Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from extraterrestrial rocks. Researchers from Cornell, US, and the University of ...

University of Edinburgh researchers have developed a novel method for extracting precious metals, including gold, from mobile devices and other electronic gadgets. The process is novel not only in its ...

New research shows that magnesium and other metals in mine waste can be solubilized and recovered thanks to acid-producing bacteria. Researcher Nathan van Wyk believes that the method has great ...

The modern world runs on electronic devices and energy systems that are powered by valuable elements, such as lithium and uranium. There are a limited number of terrestrial mines that produce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BioAsteroid experiment. NASA astronaut Michael Scott Hopkins performs the insertion of the experiment containers in KUBIK.

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 ...

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) underlines the high material cost of our smartphones, and ...