When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The Longview city council will consider a special permit for a new operation in biomining. Biomining is the process of using microorganisms to extract metals of economic value ...

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

A new partnership between Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Bradshaw Research ...

Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning how to use bacteria to produce important metals. This process, called biomining, ...

History has viewed mining as a job that requires a lot of heavy machinery and physical labor. Pulling valuable material out of the ground has been necessary for human progress for thousands of years.

For centuries, humans have mined materials to build the tools we use every day, from batteries and cell phones to airplanes and refrigerators. While the process of obtaining these important minerals ...

Recent experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that some microbes can harvest valuable rare-earth elements from rocks, even when exposed to microgravity conditions. The ...

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The Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has initiated the second phase of the biomining project at the Aadharwadi dumping ground. Under this ambitious plan, approximately nine lakh metric ...

IAS officer Asheesh Singh transformed Indore’s 100-acre landfill by clearing 13 lakh tonnes of legacy waste through ...