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

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.

Researchers are putting mining methods to the test in microgravity to see if asteroids could provide a vast new source of valuable materials and trace elements As humanity moves closer to the ...

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

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 ...

Clean energy technologies are colliding with a hard geological limit: the world needs far more copper, lithium, manganese and rare earth elements than conventional mines are currently delivering. At ...

Rare earth metals are coveted raw materials needed for many technical devices. However, there are only a few places where they are mined and refined, mainly in China. Researchers are looking for ...