The extraction of critical metal ions, particularly lanthanides and actinides, is a topic of considerable importance given their applications in energy production, recycling, and nuclear waste ...

The lanthanides, also known as rare-earth elements, are used to make magnets found in computers, cell phones, and many other gadgets. Until recently, China was the main producer of these raw materials ...

Rare-earth metals are essential parts of electronic components in phones, vehicles, displays, and wind turbines. A new study shows that a recently discovered protein from bacteria outperforms many ...

A new technology for rare-earth elements chemical separation has been licensed to Marshallton Research Laboratories, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of organic chemicals for a range of industries.