In this project, their goal is to develop a chemically and microbiologically catalyzed phytomining (CMPM) technology that will make nickel (Ni) more available for uptake and translocation. They will ...

Malaysia’s Kinabalu Park, which surrounds Mount Kinabalu, the 20th-largest peak in the world, is home to a nickel mine like none other. In lieu of heavy machinery, plumes of sulfur dioxide, or rivers ...

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 21, 2024) - Free Battery Metal Limited (CSE: FREE) (formerly, Titus Energy Corp.) ("FREE" or the "Company"), announces its strategic initiative to ...

“Phytomining”–using plants to extract precious metals from the ground–is becoming a reality. And it might be a valuable way to clean up contaminated soil around old mines. Mining the world’s minerals ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive ...

June 9, 2020 — As the world works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, interest in electric vehicles is increasing. This, along with the steady demand for new smartphones, computers and other ...

Humans have been extracting useful materials from plants for millennia, but in the past few years, we’ve gotten particularly good at it. Case in point? German scientists from Freiburg University of ...

BOSTON, Ma. President Bush recently signed a mandate into law requiring that at least 36 billion gallons of biofuels be produced in the US by 2022. But here at the AAAS annual meeting, scientists are ...