Critical Materials Institute names four projects to support innovation in the nation’s critical materials supply chain Projects will address challenges in establishing domestic supply chains for critical materials
Protein process may transform rare earths recovery Recycling International story on CMI research on protein process that may transform rare earths recovery
Deputy Secretary Menezes tours Critical Materials Institute Deputy Secretary Menezes tours Critical Materials Institute
TdVib receives $200,000 STTR award from US Department of Energy to Develop Innovative Critical Materials Recycling Method The Iowa State University Startup Factory today announced that cohort eight team member TdVib, LLC has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for $200,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to conduct research and development (R&D) work on an innovative recycling method to reclaim rare earth metals from electronic waste.
Ames Lab accelerates commercialization of CMI technologies through Innovation Partnerships Program Ames Lab is using its public-private partnership strategy to tackle a perennial R&D challenge— the long and twisting road to deploying tech commercially.
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.
Ames Tribune: Energy secretary says research at Ames Lab is critical to reducing reliance on China for rare minerals The Ames Tribune reported the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020
Research conducted at Ames lab critical to national security, U.S. official says The Des Moines Register reported on the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020
Secretary of Energy responds to Trump's criticism of renewable energy industry KCCI-TV reports on the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020
