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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds proclaims May 17 'Ames Laboratory Day'

It's 'Ames Laboratory Day' in Iowa May 17

Ames Lab celebrates 75th anniversary with a custom ice cream flavor

Ames Lab's new ice cream flavor was created by Iowa State Creamery

Plastics upcycling featured on Iowa Public Radio

Ames Lab Scientist Aaron Sadow talks to Iowa Public radio about how polymer science can help with the global plastics pollution problem.

Pat Thiel's research commemorated in special journal issue

The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology highlights the research accomplishments of Ames Lab scientist.

Ames Lab science two times a finalist in EnergyTech University competition

Lithium-ion battery recycling tech highlighted at collegiate tech transfer contest

AMO: America’s Supply Chains and Our Clean Energy Story

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office mentioned the Critical Materials Institute in its story "America’s Supply Chains and Our Clean Energy Story"

Recycling International: Commercial opportunity for water-based rare earths solution

Recycling International ran the Ames Laboratory story about commercialization for a rare earth recycling technology developed by CMI

India Education Diary: Ames Laboratory: green rare-earth recycling goes commercial in the US

India Education Diary ran the Ames Laboratory story about commercialization for a rare earth recycling technology developed by CMI

Ames Lab Director talks all things Ames Lab on Iowa Public Radio

Ames Lab Director discussed Ames Lab's history and current ground-breaking science with Ben Kieffer, host of Iowa Public Radio's River to River program.

Two CMI technologies named 2021 R&D 100 Award winners

Two technologies developed by the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) won 2021 R&D 100 Awards in the Mechanical Devices/Materials category. R&D World announced the top 100 scientific innovations of the year, as selected by independent panel of more than 50 judges representing R&D leaders in a variety of fields.