German scientists show a commercially feasible method for cyanobacteria to extract 17 rare earth elements from low-concentration sources. Currently, most of the world's supply of these elements is mined in China. phys.org Submitted by lughnasadh t3_11f1fir on March 1, 2023 at 11:31 AM in Futurology 190 comments 12,606
Accelerator231 t1_jahthcq wrote on March 1, 2023 at 3:24 PM Hmph. Weird. I'm fairly sure I saw something similar 3 years ago when doing a paper on bioremediation. It's nice but living creatures are finicky. In all likelihood it won't be economical Permalink −1−
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