WPI lab one of the only facilities in the nation able to conduct this research; may lead to gains for US auto industry and lessen dependence on China In an effort to help develop a sustainab... Read more
Karl A. Gschneidner and fellow scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have created a new magnetic alloy that is an alternative to traditional rare-earth permanent magn... Read more
In a new paper, a team of Yale researchers assesses the “criticality” of all 62 metals on the Periodic Table of Elements, providing key insights into which materials might become more diffic... Read more
With an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes of water ice at its poles and an abundance of rare-earth elements hidden below its surface, the Moon is rich ground for mining In this month’s issue of P... Read more
The researchers designed a family of materials that don’t include rare earths but instead are made out of copper iodide, which is an abundant compound The phase-out of traditional inca... Read more
REVT members demonstrated electric motors or generators that eliminate rare earth metals. This approach produces significantly greater power and torque at a given size and weight than tradi... Read more
Next-generation permanent magnets will rely more heavily on iron or other abundant materials and less on rare earths Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have observed ma... Read more
Optical data storage does not require expensive magnetic materials as synthetic alternatives work just as well. This is the finding of an international team from York, Berlin and Nijmegen, p... Read more
Rare earth metals are important components in green energy products such as wind turbines and eco-cars. But the scarcity of these metals is worrying the EU. The demand for metals such as neo... Read more
A supply of clean, affordable energy depends on little-known substances There’s one problem with the silicon age: its magic depends on elements that are far scarcer than beach sand. So... Read more
Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have created a bio-based solar cell capable of generating a continuous electrical current of several nanowatts per sq cm. The new approach avoids damag... Read more
This pilot-scale breakthrough will provide ‘a good example’ for the recycling of increasingly popular rare earth elements in practical industrial applications Researchers at the... Read more
The pilot-scale experiment indicated that the self-supported flower-like nano-Mg(OH)2 had great potential to recycle REEs from industrial wastewater.” Many of today’s technologies, from hybr... Read more
At the Vienna University of Technology, a new class of thermoelectric materials has been discovered. Due to a surprising physical effect they can be used to create electricity more efficient... Read more
Light Shines Bright at Precise Frequencies that Suit Commercial Applications Commercial uses for ultraviolet (UV) light are growing, and now a new kind of LED under development at The Ohio S... Read more
