A program just getting underway at New Mexico Tech is enlisting area school students to research the quality of water in Socorro County.Geochemist Bonnie Frey at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources is overseeing the new program, made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation.“Last summer I received funding to purchase a new instrument for my analytical lab here at the Bureau,” Frey said. “Part of the grant is intended to support this new outreach program, the NMT Water Resources Education Program, to educate high school students about their local water resourc...
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source:Science alertRare-earth elements are crucial components in all kinds of electronics, from smartphones and broadband cables to wind turbines and electric cars. But coming up with useful compounds that can expand our practical use of rare-earths is notoriously difficult, with unpredictable results.Now, scientists have come up with a clever way to help the search of new rare-earth compounds: A newly developed artificial intelligence system with predictive powers that will take us beyond what would be possible for humans in the lab.The type of AI used here is machine learning: as the name s...
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source:EastMojoMore than ten years ago, the so-called “rare earth crisis” highlighted the fragility of the supply chain of these metals, which are crucial for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Most of the world’s supply of these minerals comes from a handful of giant ore deposits, but we still know little about how these deposits formed.Despite the name, the rare earths are relatively widespread in Earth’s crust, compared with elements such as gold and platinum. Large, concentrated deposits suitable for mining, however, are much more scarce.To understand how these deposits form, we r...
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Japanese dentists pay more for dental crown ingredient palladium due to economic sanctions on Russia source：EconoTimesapanese dentists are now paying far more for palladium, a rare earth metal that is an essential ingredient for making dental crowns, due to economic sanctions imposed against Russia due to its Ukraine invasion.Russia accounts for about 40 percent of the global palladium production.The price of the alloy containing palladium has skyrocketed over fears of supply chain disruptions as a result of the sanctions.In mid-December, the purchase price of palladium per 30 grams was 7...
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