Researchers have developed a new method to prepare bone powder for ancient DNA extraction. The method outperformed previous techniques of decontaminating ancient bones. Researchers from Max Planck ...

A breakthrough lithium-extraction method could help solve one of clean energy’s dirtiest problems. Researchers at Columbia ...

A new process enables the extraction of lithium from ore in a simple, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly way. An MIT spin-off wants to market it.

Canadian company Volt Lithium has developed and pilot-tested a new low-cost lithium extraction method to pull this critical battery metal out of low-concentration brines. Now it plans to turn old oil ...

As demand grows for critical minerals with lower environmental impact, Thunderstone CEO Eric Wasson-Burns discusses electrically stimulated metal recovery and whether next-generation in-situ ...