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Plant-based material offers sustainable method of recovering rare earth element
- February 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a sustainable, environmentally friendly approach to obtaining these metals has led to a global shortage, according to Amir Sheikhi, associate professor of chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
Originally published at Phys.org