#biomining — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biomining, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/344518/ Fungi on International Space Station Show Surprising Metal Extraction Skills #Asteroid #bacteria #Bioleaching #biomining #Chondrite #Éire #fungi #fungus #IE #InternationalSpaceStation #Ireland #LChondrite #Metal #MetalExtraction #meteorite #microgravity #Palladium #Penicillium #PenicilliumSimplicissimum #Platinum #Science #Sphingomonas #SphingomonasDesiccabilis
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Un virus modificato "pesca" terre rare dall'acqua sporca delle miniere: a Berkeley hanno trasformato un batteriofago in operaio microscopico. Zero acidi tossici, zero devastazione ambientale, può essere riprogrammato per litio e cobalto, e perfino rimuovere mercurio dalle acque. La Cina domina l'87% della raffinazione mondiale, ma questa tecnica potrebbe ribaltare l'intera geopolitica delle risorse critiche. Vediamo se riesce a "scalare".
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The potential for space #biomining and the principles of a reactor to advance human industry and mining ⚒️ beyond Earth : #Microorganisms 🦠 are employed to mine economically important elements from rocks, including the #RareEarth elements. #Bacteria and #fungi 🍄 can be effective in bioleaching in environments with circumneutral or alkaline pH https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19276-w