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In a nutshell Scientists engineered a self-sustaining system using cyanobacteria and fungi that can grow on Martian soil ...

Blink and you might miss it, but if you keep your eye on the monitors in professor Sebastian Will's lab, you'll catch a ...

Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering valuable minerals in the process.

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with each rare earth mineral having different applications, pricing and ...

Strontium is an alkaline earth metal that is soft, silvery-white and turns yellow when exposed to air—it's often used in fireworks for this reason.

Millions of tons of coal ash leftover from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel sit in ponds and landfills across the US. But this waste may also be a treasure trove for the rare earth ...

Millions of tons of coal ash leftover from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel sit in ponds and landfills across the US. But this waste may also be a treasure trove for the rare earth ...

Minli Wang, Jinhuan Cheng, Wenwen Xu, Dandan Zhu, Wuyong Zhang, Yingjie Wen, Wanbing Guan, Jinping Jia & Zhiyi Lu. Self-cleaning electrode for stable synthesis of alkaline-earth metal peroxides.

For decades, most people arranging a funeral have faced a simple choice - burial or cremation? But in parts of the US and Canada a third option is now available - dissolving bodies in an alkaline ...