CMI Project 3.2.13: Biomaterials for critical material dissolution, recovery and separation News

American Rare Earths partners on DOE-funded R&D, drills at Wyoming, Arizona projects

Drilling at Halleck Creek in Wyoming. Image from American Rare Earths.

Western Rare Earths joins Critical Materials Institute

Potato wastewater could feed bacteria used to recycle high tech devices

The East Idaho News ran a story from Idaho National Laboratory about CMI research on potato wastewater, which could feed bacteria used to recycle high tech devices

Protein process may transform rare earths recovery

Recycling International story on CMI research on protein process that may transform rare earths recovery

LLNL: E-waste-eating protein creates rare earth elements

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published research on lanmodulin, a small protein which is a bio-sourced alternative to extract, purify and recycle rare earth elements from various sources, including electronic waste.

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used a naturally occurring protein, lanmodulin, a small protein, to extract, purify and recycle rare earth elements from various sources, including electronic waste.

CMI bacteria capture rare earths from electronic waste

CMI researchers created gel beads with special bacteria that can absorb critical materials from electronic waste. This is a next step from earlier research where CMI researchers developed bacteria that can select rare earth elements.

LLNL researchers turn to microbe beads to increase U.S. supply of rare earth metals

To help increase the U.S. supply of rare earth elements, a CMI team led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is using microbe beads to recover REEs from consumer electronic waste

microbe capsuls, average size 59 micrometers