Collaborate Disseminate
Rare earth metals are used in solar panels and wind turbines—as well as electric cars and consumer electronics. We don’t recycle them, and there’s not enough to meet growing demand. Continue reading We Don’t Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy
The government and industry groups have given West Virginia University over $3 million to study whether it’s a feasible idea. Continue reading The Plan to Extract Rare Earth Metals from Coal Mining Waste
Caltech physicists offer a crucial new technology in quantum computing. Continue reading Rare-Earth Nanocrystals May Be a Key Component of Building the Quantum Internet
Apple says it’ll end mining ‘one day.’ Recycling scientists say that day is not coming soon. Continue reading Apple’s Promise to End Rare Earth Mineral Mining Is ‘100 Percent Unattainable Today’