3+ hour, 49+ min ago  (115+ words) Interesting Engineering Can software, robots, and wastewater help solve the West's growing critical minerals problem? A practice as old as time, mining has come a long way, but is starting to hit something of a bottleneck in the face of…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago  (554+ words) The multi-billion-dollar future of clean energy was unlocked by a trip to the hardware store for bathroom tile supplies. Twenty-five years ago, MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang bought a tube of glass-etching cream to turn clear glass blocks translucent. He noticed…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (213+ words) Discover the engineering revolution transforming modern defense with Strength, Stealth, Speed: The Very Fast Future of Advanced Defense USA Rare Earth has been selected for US Department of Energy funding to advance domestic critical mineral processing and reduce reliance on…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (499+ words) The southern Appalachians contain an estimated 1. 43 million metric tons of lithium oxide. The US Geological Survey (USGS) has identified an estimated 2. 3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium in the Appalachian region. This volume is equivalent to 328 years of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (463+ words) Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation all with fewer ads or a completely ad-free experience. New Canada plant will refine battery-grade lithium for 25, 000 EVs annually using electrochemical tech. The company says the site…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (437+ words) Researchers have developed a technique for detecting and measuring the concentration of many rare-earth elements in plants, without destroying the plant....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (560+ words) In a significant move toward sustainable mining, Hitachi Construction Machinery successfully demonstrated its full battery-powered. .....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (570+ words) Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation all with fewer ads or a completely ad-free experience. This is the world's first off grid facility being built to supply energy to mining operations. Fortescue, an…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (301+ words) How supply chain concentration, geopolitical competition, and surging demand are reshaping the global landscape for strategic minerals - and what it means for the decade ahead. Critical minerals underpin the global energy transition, digital infrastructure, and defence capabilities The market reached…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1594+ words) ["China tests 500-ton machine that can excavate to depths exceeding 3, 280 feet'Interesting Engineering A new Chinese machine could reportedly help unlock the hidden world of wealth buried beneath the Earth's crust. The boring machine can excavate to extreme depths, according to…...