News and articles on the topic Minerals

US wastes dozens of tons of lithium in metallurgical mine dumps, — study

News Technologies 08-25-2025 comment
There are dozens of copper and iron mines in the US. However, regardless of what is being mined, these resources themselves make up only a small fraction of the rock.

Scientists have learned to extract rare earth metals from algae

News Technologies 08-21-2025 comment
American researchers have discovered a new way of mining precious rare earth metals.

There is no such thing on Earth: the alien mineral has unique physical properties

News Science and space 08-18-2025 comment
In a new study, an international team of researchers described unusual properties sample silicon tridymite — an extraterrestrial form of silicon dioxide, obtained from a meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724. 

«Dark oxygen» at the bottom of the ocean revolutionizes the understanding of the origin of life and provokes conflict among scientists

News Science and space 03-18-2025 comment
The discovery of metallic minerals in the deep and dark corners of the ocean that can produce oxygen in the absence of sunlight has provoked considerable controversy among scientists.

The Moon «turned» inside out billions of years ago — and planetary scientists have evidence

News Science and space 04-09-2024 comment
What was on the surface of the young moon went deeper into the satellite, and what was inside — came to light.

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