A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
An image of Cyanobacteria, Tolypothrix. Credit: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within Earth’s crust. Because they are indispensable in modern technology such as light-emitting diodes,…
Blythe Mcnaught
February 28, 2023