An ionic liquid and controlled electricity can pull critical metals from coal ash, offering a potential domestic supply route for materials essential to advanced electronics. Imagine a material that once drifted onto rooftops as a gritty nuisance now helping power the motors in electric cars or the magnets in wind turbines. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a promising way to pull valuable rare earth elements from the massive piles of coal fly ash left over from power plants. Their a
An ionic liquid and controlled electricity can pull critical metals from coal ash, offering a potential domestic supply route for materials essential to advanced electronics. Imagine a material that once drifted onto rooftops as a gritty nuisance now helping power the motors in electric cars or the magnets in wind turbines. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a promising way to pull valuable rare earth elements from the massive piles of coal fly ash left over from power plants. Their a
