#rareearthelements — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rareearthelements, aggregated by home.social.
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🤔 Oh, look! The University of Chicago thinks they've cracked the code on purifying rare earth elements with a "solid-state atomic channel." 🎩 Because clearly, what the world really needed was another convoluted way to make engineers feel important. 🏆
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements #UniversityOfChicago #SolidState #AtomicChannel #RareEarthElements #EngineeringInnovation #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔 Oh, look! The University of Chicago thinks they've cracked the code on purifying rare earth elements with a "solid-state atomic channel." 🎩 Because clearly, what the world really needed was another convoluted way to make engineers feel important. 🏆
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements #UniversityOfChicago #SolidState #AtomicChannel #RareEarthElements #EngineeringInnovation #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025831
#HackerNews #solidstate #technology #rareearthelements #atomicchannel #innovation #sustainability
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A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025831
#HackerNews #solidstate #technology #rareearthelements #atomicchannel #innovation #sustainability
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #Physics #Energy&Environment #fusionenergy #InventionsandMachines #laser #MagneticFields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Energy&Environment #Fusionenergy #InventionsandMachines #Laser #magneticfields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #Physics #AU #Australia #Energy&Environment #fusionenergy #InventionsandMachines #laser #magneticfields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #Physics #CA #Canada #Energy&Environment #FusionEnergy #InventionsandMachines #laser #MagneticFields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #Physics #AU #Australia #Energy&Environment #fusionenergy #InventionsandMachines #laser #magneticfields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor
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Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Energy&Environment #Fusionenergy #InventionsandMachines #Laser #magneticfields #PlasmaPhysics #rareearthelements #SandiaNationalLaboratories #Science #sensor
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#Apple announced a record 30% #recycled content across all products shipped in 2025, achieving new highs in recycled #cobalt, #rareearthelements, and #gold plating. The company also transitioned to fully fibre-based packaging and launched new #recycling initiatives, including the Cora electronics-recycling line and A.R.I.S. detection system. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/16/apple-hits-record-recycled-content/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#Apple announced a record 30% #recycled content across all products shipped in 2025, achieving new highs in recycled #cobalt, #rareearthelements, and #gold plating. The company also transitioned to fully fibre-based packaging and launched new #recycling initiatives, including the Cora electronics-recycling line and A.R.I.S. detection system. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/16/apple-hits-record-recycled-content/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The 2026 Global Resource War: How 17 Elements Control Reality
#Geopolitics #RareEarthElements #TechWar #SupplyChain #USChina #GlobalEconomy #NationalSecurity #TechNews
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The 2026 Global Resource War: How 17 Elements Control Reality
#Geopolitics #RareEarthElements #TechWar #SupplyChain #USChina #GlobalEconomy #NationalSecurity #TechNews
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#SelteneErden: US 🇺🇸 -Regierung investiert in Rohstoffreserven | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Seltene-Erden-US-Regierung-investiert-in-Rohstoffreserven-11163268.html #DonaldTrump #RareEarth #RareEarthElements
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#SelteneErden: US 🇺🇸 -Regierung investiert in Rohstoffreserven | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Seltene-Erden-US-Regierung-investiert-in-Rohstoffreserven-11163268.html #DonaldTrump #RareEarth #RareEarthElements
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For some reason the posts in my slow thread don't bridge to bluesky, although the post at the top did. So I just have to toot today's #CurrentBiology feature again: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/plants-recycling-metals.html #science #ecology #metals #recycling #phytomining #resources #nickel #gold #rareEarthElements
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For some reason the posts in my slow thread don't bridge to bluesky, although the post at the top did. So I just have to toot today's #CurrentBiology feature again: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/plants-recycling-metals.html #science #ecology #metals #recycling #phytomining #resources #nickel #gold #rareEarthElements
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my features published in @CurrentBiology this year, issue 3: #plants #recycling #metals https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/plants-recycling-metals.html #science #ecology #environment #nickel #gold #RareEarthElements
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my features published in @CurrentBiology this year, issue 3: #plants #recycling #metals https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/plants-recycling-metals.html #science #ecology #environment #nickel #gold #RareEarthElements
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#News #RareEarthElements #Pollution #Greed #Conundrum #Greenland
Excellent article on a top news story.
"Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why"
Published: January 8, 2026 7:54am EST: -
#News #RareEarthElements #Pollution #Greed #Conundrum #Greenland
Excellent article on a top news story.
"Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why"
Published: January 8, 2026 7:54am EST: -
#Japan 🇯🇵 beginnt Tiefseemission zur Förderung Seltener Erden | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Japan-testet-Abbau-Seltener-Erden-aus-der-Tiefsee-11140314.html #RareEarth #RareEarthElements
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#Japan 🇯🇵 beginnt Tiefseemission zur Förderung Seltener Erden | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Japan-testet-Abbau-Seltener-Erden-aus-der-Tiefsee-11140314.html #RareEarth #RareEarthElements
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https://www.alojapan.com/1439934/japan-to-test-deep-sea-rare-earth-mining-as-china-export-curbs-spark-supply-concerns/ Japan to test deep-sea rare-earth mining as China export curbs spark supply concerns #CentralChina #CentralJapan #China #CriticalMinerals #Japan #JapanNews #news #RareEarthElements Japan will start testing the possibility of mining the deep seabed for rare-earth elements as concerns grow over access to critical minerals amid rising tensions with China. The trial will run from 11 January to 14 February in waters around Minamitori Island, about
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First Ever Discovery of a Rare Earth Crystal Inside a Strange Plant - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NGeMq4SXJk -
First Ever Discovery of a Rare Earth Crystal Inside a Strange Plant - YouTube
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REEs are a group of 17 elements, all metals with similar properties that are essential for everything from wind turbines and electric car batteries to smartphones and medical scanners. As their name suggests, they are rare, typically occurring at low concentrations in Earth's crust.
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REEs are a group of 17 elements, all metals with similar properties that are essential for everything from wind turbines and electric car batteries to smartphones and medical scanners. As their name suggests, they are rare, typically occurring at low concentrations in Earth's crust.
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Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" of these minerals called #phytomining.
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-chinese-team-fern-rare-earth.html
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Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" of these minerals called #phytomining.
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-chinese-team-fern-rare-earth.html
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#Biomining: Viren 🦠 holen Metalle der Seltenen Erden aus Wasser | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Biomining-Forscher-nutzen-Viren-zur-Gewinnung-von-Metallen-der-Seltenen-Erden-11102061.html #RareEarthElements #RareEarth #SelteneErden
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#Biomining: Viren 🦠 holen Metalle der Seltenen Erden aus Wasser | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Biomining-Forscher-nutzen-Viren-zur-Gewinnung-von-Metallen-der-Seltenen-Erden-11102061.html #RareEarthElements #RareEarth #SelteneErden
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Breaking down #rareearth element #magnets for #recycling
A team of researchers says it has developed a way of separating #rareearthelements (REEs) from waste—magnets, in this case—that is relatively easy, uses less energy, and isn’t nearly as emissions and pollution intensive as current methods. The team published a paper describing this method in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Breaking down #rareearth element #magnets for #recycling
A team of researchers says it has developed a way of separating #rareearthelements (REEs) from waste—magnets, in this case—that is relatively easy, uses less energy, and isn’t nearly as emissions and pollution intensive as current methods. The team published a paper describing this method in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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🫐 The Blueberry Map Experiment — modelling meets the mountains
In 2022, while living with my family in the Czech Republic, I built a digital map of wild blueberry hotspots in the Jizera Mountains.
At first, it looked like a fun summer project — our neighbors used the map to find the best berry spots and enjoy the landscape.
But behind it was a serious experiment: I tested species distribution modelling (SDM) methods, later adapted for wide-world rare earth element prediction.Within this “blueberry project” I:
🔹 automated the full spatial workflow in R and QGIS,
🔹 generated geomorphons and other terrain-based predictors,
🔹 built and validated ML models,
🔹 created probability maps and tested them in the field.✨ What started as a family hobby became a field-tested workflow for predictive geoscience.
#DataScience #MachineLearning #GIS #SpatialModeling #SDM #CzechRepublic #RemoteSensing #Geoscience #RStats #EnvironmentalData #PredictiveMapping #LandscapeEcology #RareEarthElements #CriticalMinerals
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🫐 The Blueberry Map Experiment — modelling meets the mountains
In 2022, while living with my family in the Czech Republic, I built a digital map of wild blueberry hotspots in the Jizera Mountains.
At first, it looked like a fun summer project — our neighbors used the map to find the best berry spots and enjoy the landscape.
But behind it was a serious experiment: I tested species distribution modelling (SDM) methods, later adapted for wide-world rare earth element prediction.Within this “blueberry project” I:
🔹 automated the full spatial workflow in R and QGIS,
🔹 generated geomorphons and other terrain-based predictors,
🔹 built and validated ML models,
🔹 created probability maps and tested them in the field.✨ What started as a family hobby became a field-tested workflow for predictive geoscience.
#DataScience #MachineLearning #GIS #SpatialModeling #SDM #CzechRepublic #RemoteSensing #Geoscience #RStats #EnvironmentalData #PredictiveMapping #LandscapeEcology #RareEarthElements #CriticalMinerals
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#China 🇨🇳 Aussetzung der Exportkontrollen für Seltene Erden gilt auch für die #EU 🇪🇺 | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/China-Aussetzung-der-Exportkontrollen-fuer-Seltene-Erden-gilt-auch-fuer-die-EU-10966118.html #RareEarthElements #RareEarth
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#China 🇨🇳 Aussetzung der Exportkontrollen für Seltene Erden gilt auch für die #EU 🇪🇺 | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/China-Aussetzung-der-Exportkontrollen-fuer-Seltene-Erden-gilt-auch-fuer-die-EU-10966118.html #RareEarthElements #RareEarth
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Prediction: Before the 2026 general #election, #Trump will invade #Venezuela, take control of the country, and begin carving up control of its natural resources: #Oil, #gold and #rareEarthElements.
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Prediction: Before the 2026 general #election, #Trump will invade #Venezuela, take control of the country, and begin carving up control of its natural resources: #Oil, #gold and #rareEarthElements.
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#China 🇨🇳 bestätigt Pause bei Kontrollen auf Seltene Erden, Forderung an die #EU 🇪🇺 | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Trump-Treffen-China-bestaetigt-Pause-bei-Kontrollen-auf-Seltene-Erden-10964433.html #RareEarthElements #SelteneErden #USA 🇺🇸
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#China 🇨🇳 bestätigt Pause bei Kontrollen auf Seltene Erden, Forderung an die #EU 🇪🇺 | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Trump-Treffen-China-bestaetigt-Pause-bei-Kontrollen-auf-Seltene-Erden-10964433.html #RareEarthElements #SelteneErden #USA 🇺🇸
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US and China say trade deal nearing completion
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⚛️ Is the secret to circular rare earth recovery hidden in molecular motion?
🔗 Computationally derived structural insights into Rare Earth selectivity in lanmodulin and its variants. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.02.005
📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/
#RareEarths #Lanmodulin #ComputationalBiology #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #RareEarthElements #MolecularDynamics #ProteinEngineering #MolecularModeling #MolecularSimulation
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⚛️ Is the secret to circular rare earth recovery hidden in molecular motion?
🔗 Computationally derived structural insights into Rare Earth selectivity in lanmodulin and its variants. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.02.005
📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/
#RareEarths #Lanmodulin #ComputationalBiology #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #RareEarthElements #MolecularDynamics #ProteinEngineering #MolecularModeling #MolecularSimulation
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Potenziell drastische Folgen: #China 🇨🇳 sanktioniert Export weiterer Seltener Erden | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Potenziell-drastische-Folgen-China-sanktioniert-Export-weiterer-Seltener-Erden-10749203.html #SelteneErden #RareEarthElements #RareEarth
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Potenziell drastische Folgen: #China 🇨🇳 sanktioniert Export weiterer Seltener Erden | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Potenziell-drastische-Folgen-China-sanktioniert-Export-weiterer-Seltener-Erden-10749203.html #SelteneErden #RareEarthElements #RareEarth
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NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US - Technology Used To Chart Other Worlds Is Revealing Minerals In The American West That Are Critical To The Country’s Renewable Energy Future.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-flights-map-critical-minerals-from-skies-above-western-us/ <-- shared technical article
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https://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/mmgis-aviris/?mission=GEMx <-- shared GEMx data collection portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #mineralogy #mining #criticalminerals #USWest #renewableenergy #lithium #GEMx #fedscience #cost #economics #USGS #NASA #GeologicalEarthMappingExperiment #lithium #aluminum #rareearthelements #neodymium #cerium #nationalsecurity #cleanenergy #batteries #smartphones #cellphones #naturalresources #steel #steelmill #dependency #localsources #importing #survey #geology #geologicmapping #exploration #spectrometers #hyperspectral #EMIT #mine #extraction #EarthMRI #opendata
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NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US - Technology Used To Chart Other Worlds Is Revealing Minerals In The American West That Are Critical To The Country’s Renewable Energy Future.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-flights-map-critical-minerals-from-skies-above-western-us/ <-- shared technical article
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https://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/mmgis-aviris/?mission=GEMx <-- shared GEMx data collection portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #mineralogy #mining #criticalminerals #USWest #renewableenergy #lithium #GEMx #fedscience #cost #economics #USGS #NASA #GeologicalEarthMappingExperiment #lithium #aluminum #rareearthelements #neodymium #cerium #nationalsecurity #cleanenergy #batteries #smartphones #cellphones #naturalresources #steel #steelmill #dependency #localsources #importing #survey #geology #geologicmapping #exploration #spectrometers #hyperspectral #EMIT #mine #extraction #EarthMRI #opendata
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Tom's Hardware: Yesterday, Western Digital announced that it has created a large-scale hard disk drive recycling program in concert with Microsoft and recycling-industry partners CMR (Critical Materials Recycling) and PedalPoint Recycling. The new process reclaims Rare Earth Oxides (REO) containing dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium from hard drives, along with aluminum, steel, gold, palladium, and copper. The REO reclamation takes place completely within the U.S. and those materials go back into the U.S. market.
Dubbed the Advanced Recycling and Rare Earth Material Capture Program, WD’s initiative has already saved 47,000 pounds worth of hard drives, SSDs, and caddies from landfills or less-effective recycling programs. WD was able to achieve a more than 90% reclaim rate for REE and an 80% rate for all of the shredded material.
The drives came from Microsoft’s U.S. data centers where they were first shredded and then sent to PedalPoint for sorting and processing. Magnets and steel were then sent to CMR, which uses its acid-free dissolution recycling (ADR) technology to extract the rare earth elements.
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Tom's Hardware: Yesterday, Western Digital announced that it has created a large-scale hard disk drive recycling program in concert with Microsoft and recycling-industry partners CMR (Critical Materials Recycling) and PedalPoint Recycling. The new process reclaims Rare Earth Oxides (REO) containing dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium from hard drives, along with aluminum, steel, gold, palladium, and copper. The REO reclamation takes place completely within the U.S. and those materials go back into the U.S. market.
Dubbed the Advanced Recycling and Rare Earth Material Capture Program, WD’s initiative has already saved 47,000 pounds worth of hard drives, SSDs, and caddies from landfills or less-effective recycling programs. WD was able to achieve a more than 90% reclaim rate for REE and an 80% rate for all of the shredded material.
The drives came from Microsoft’s U.S. data centers where they were first shredded and then sent to PedalPoint for sorting and processing. Magnets and steel were then sent to CMR, which uses its acid-free dissolution recycling (ADR) technology to extract the rare earth elements.
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In response to US tariffs, China placed export controls on certain rare earths (incl dysprosium, gadolinium, lutetium, samarium, scandium, terbium & yttrium), crucial for various industries including defense & technology. China produces 90% of the world's supply & exports to the US have ground to a halt.
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More of this, please...!
This #eBike Doesn’t Need a Battery
A French inventor has created an e-bike that runs on a #supercapacitor rather than a #LithiumBattery.
By Micah Ling
Published: Dec 07, 2023"#AdrienLelièvre, has recently engineered a sustainable solution to power the e-bike boom. According to Euronews, Lelièvre 'designed and patented an e-bike called #PiPop, which doesn’t use lithium batteries but supercapacitors.'
"Lelièvre told Euronews, 'The system gets charged when the ride is easy and when the bike brakes—thanks to engine braking—the energy is given back when needed.'
"So, what exactly is a supercapacitor?
"A supercapacitor essentially stocks up energy in the form of a slow-moving charge, which can be released when needed. A battery stocks up energy as a chemical reaction. This means that the bike is constantly stocking up energy when ridden on easier terrain, and then using that energy when going uphill, in the form of an assist.
"According to TS2, 'Supercapacitors, which have been around since the late 1970s, offer several advantages over lithium batteries. Rather than relying on the consumption of natural resources like #lithium or #RareEarthElements, supercapacitors store energy through electrostatic means. This allows them to stock and release energy quickly, providing instant assistance to riders when needed.'
"Unlike many other e-bike manufacturers, Pi-Pop also uses #recyclable materials such as #carbon, conducting polymer, #aluminum foils, and pulp, thus avoiding the need for rare earth elements in its production.
"#TS2 reports that 'the longevity of the Pi-Pop sets it apart from traditional e-bikes. While lithium batteries typically last five to six years, the supercapacitors in the Pi-Pop are projected to have a lifespan of 10 to 15 years. This prolongs the bike’s usability, reducing waste and minimizing the environmental impact associated with battery disposal.'
"Another perk to the Pi-Pop bike is that there’s never a need to charge it when it’s stationary. You’ll never hop on the bike and realize you forgot to charge it up.
"Euronews reports that according to Lelièvre, 'We can’t innovate if we lose control of production. When we talk about sustainable development, ecological transition, and energy transition, we need to provide the jobs.' Lelièvre’s company employs 25 people.
"Pi-Pop currently produces 100 bikes per month. And moving forward the company aims to produce at least 1,000 bikes per month in 2024."
Source:
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a46064993/this-e-bike-doesnt-need-a-battery/
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🐭📺🔬🧪Turning research into must-see TV for kids!
Lena Daumann and Sophie Gutenthaler-Tietze share their rare earth element research + experiences filming for a popular German children’s show
> Check out their interview here: https://www.chemistryviews.org/bringing-rare-earth-research-to-childrens-tv/
#ScienceOutreach #STEM #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #rareearthelements #inorganicchemistry #Research #Researchers #HHU #sendungmitdermaus
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The DiskMantler violently shakes hard drives for better rare-earth recovery - Enlarge / From magnets we came, to magnets we return. (credit: Garner P... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016916 #electronicsrecycling #rareearthelements #rareearthmagnets #rareearthmetals #harddrives #rareearth #e-waste #tech #hdds #hdd
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@landley Eeyupp, but sinxe that doesn't happen in the backyards of #EcopHipster|s, they'll not give a damn about the filthy process of #Lithium "#mining" and ignore it like all #ConflictMinerals and #UnfairTrade esp. re: #RareEarthElements...