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How Alaska Native communities navigate a potential $170 billion gold mine
53+ min ago (52+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Japanese researchers find that simple "support" or "opposition" cannot capture the full complexity of Alaska Native communities" decision-making Hiroko Ikuta/ Kyushu University More on this News Release How Alaska Native communities navigate a potential $170 billion gold mine...
WVU Rare Earth Elements processing facility in Mount Storm
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (68+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Water moves through a recovery process developed by WVU at a processing facility in Mount Storm where researchers are advancing technologies aimed at recovering rare earth elements from mine waste and other unconventional feedstocks. More on this…...
WVU Rare Earth Elements researchers
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (129+ words) WVU researchers previously discovered that acid mine drainage seeping from retired coal mines contains critical materials called rare earth elements. The University is launching the WVU Rare Earth Elements Initiative and a for-profit startup called Mission Critical Materials to expand…...
Researchers at Nagoya Institute of Technology reveal new mixing guidelines for dense suspensions
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (165+ words) Findings suggest that impeller position plays a critical role in reducing the speed and energy required for particle suspension image: Particle suspension behavior in a 50 wt% solid'liquid suspension at 140 rpm for two impeller positions. Placement near the solid'liquid interface achieved…...
Scientists map rocks with rare earth element potential, helping pinpoint new deposits
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (42+ words) [IMAGE] Eurek Alert! Typical REE-rich rock under the microscope Credit University of Cambridge More on this News Release Scientists map rocks with rare earth element potential, helping pinpoint new deposits...
mechanical and corrosion mechanisms of eutectic core-cell Zr-Ta-O/YSZ TBC
2+ week, 4+ day ago (143+ words) FIB-machined rectangular Zr-Ta-O nanopillars, compressed near-uniaxially via flat punch, achieved >30% engineering strain and 4. 5 GPa yield strength without fracture'markedly surpassing traditional YSZ due to unique eutectic core-shell microstructure. During rapid cooling, progressively increasing compressive stress in the reaction layer drives sacrificial…...
Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
3+ week, 3+ day ago (44+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico For media use only. More on this News Release Why are mountain forests in Mexico and Central America hotspots for oak trees? New study led by The Morton Arboretum shows most definitive answer…...
Mercury levels in the atmosphere have decreased throughout the 21st century
1+ year, 3+ week ago (144+ words) image: This plant (left), found along the slopes of Mount Everest, grows in individual layers (right) that have been used to understand how atmospheric mercury levels have changed in the past 40 years. view more Credit: Adapted from ACS ES&T…...
The rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, UN scientists warn
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (983+ words) The race to build EVs, renewable energy systems and AI infrastructure, with benefits flowing mainly to wealthy nations, is driving severe, largely hidden costs borne disproportionately by the poor in Africa and South America, UN University investigation r Critical minerals…...
The "Resource curse: Princeton-led study shows why natural resource abundance can be a double-edged sword
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) Princeton-led study examines the complexities of translating natural resource wealth into economic prosperity; higher social and human capital and institutional safeguards are critical in avoiding the "resource curse" that comes along with extraction A new study led by Princeton University…...