Enhancing and Diversifying Supply News

World-class innovators: Florida Poly professors among top 2% scientists globally

CMI Team member Florida Poly professor among top 2% scientists globally

image of three people standing -- on right is CMI project lead Patrick Zhang

Dallas Innovates: Momentum Technologies opens new HQ and R&D Lab in North Texas

CMI Team member Momentum Technologies is in the news: Dallas Innovates: Momentum Technologies opens new HQ and R&D Lab in North Texas

Six AMMTO-Funded Projects Win 2024 R&D 100 Awards

The U.S. Department of Energy's story on 2024 R&D 100 Awards developed with funding through the Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office includes one developed with CMI funding

ASME: Shaking up ore to release valuable lithium

CMI research at Ames National Laboratory is the topic of an article by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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ORNL: ORNL wins 14 R&D 100 research awards

CMI research is featured in a news release from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Bioengineer: Seven ORNL inventions licensed to Texas-based lithium recovery firm

A collection of seven technologies for lithium recovery developed by CMI scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed to Element3, a Texas-based company focused on extracting lithium from wastewater produced by oil and gas production.

Mirage News: Texas firm licenses seven ORNL inventions for lithium recovery

image of two people shaking hands: Hood Whitson, chief executive officer of Element3, and Cynthia Jenks, associate laboratory director for the Physical Sciences Directorate, shake hands during the Element3 licensing event at ORNL on May 3, 2024. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Seven ORNL inventions licensed to Texas-based lithium recovery firm

CMI news from Partnerships at ORNL about licensing technologies for lithium extraction and conversion from brines and minerals to Element3, a company based in Texas that focuses on extracting lithium from wastewater produced by oil and gas production.

Green Car Congress: CMI Hub researchers develop mechanochemical process for efficient extraction of lithium: MELLT

Green Car Congress story about research by CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory: CMI Hub researchers develop mechanochemical process for efficient extraction of lithium: MELLT

image of five metal balls in a cup with powder: Ball milling chamber contents: spodumene, reactant, and steel balls.

Interesting Engineering: New mechanochemical process revolutionizes lithium extraction

Interesting Engineering story about research by CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory: New mechanochemical process revolutionizes lithium extraction

image of two people wearing laboratory coats: Ihor Hlova (back) and Tyler Del Rose (front) placing the ball milling chamber into the machine for processing.