Scientists purify uranium-laden water using magnetic bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell walls.

Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 6:19 am

EU nears critical materials agreements with Argentina and Chile

Preliminary memorandums of understanding could be signed during the next four months, according to the European Commission.

Bloomberg News | May 17, 2023 | 12:54 pm

UK’s first centre for rare earth magnet recycling to open in Birmingham

Scale-up and roll-out of technology first piloted at the University of Birmingham forms the basis for the UK’s first full scale remanufacturing facility for rare earth magnets.

Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:53 am

De Beers mergers two auctions after sales disappoint

It sold $480 million worth of rough diamonds in the period between May 1 and May 16, 21% less than in the same cycle of 2022.

Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:03 am

Late backlash delays passage of new EU renewables targets

New law would see the EU raise the share of renewable energy in its overall consumption to at least 42.5% by 2030.

Reuters | May 17, 2023 | 8:04 am

How fool’s gold fooled archaeologists for years

Researchers found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia shale do not get their gleam from pyrite, which was long thought to be the source.

Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 7:37 am