Modern technology relies on an undisrupted supply of metals, yet many metals have limited
geological deposits. Recovering metals from wastewater and brine could augment metal …

Advanced high-tech applications for communication, renewable energy, and display, heavily
rely on technology critical elements (TCEs) such as indium, gallium, and germanium …

Siderophores are small molecular weight iron scavengers that are mainly produced by
bacteria, fungi, and plants. Recently, they have attracted increasing attention because of …

Increasing urbanization and rapid depletion of resources have forced authorities to shift from
traditional linear system of take-make-use-dispose to circular system of resource …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are important high-tech materials with widespread industrial
applications and a high risk of supply disruption. Current physico-chemical methods for REE …

Given the challenges of urbanization and rapid resource depletion, policymakers have been
compelled to abandon the old sequential paradigm of “take-make-use-dispose” to a circular …

The ever-increasing global energy crisis, environmental degradation and climate change
issues impacted by excessive consumption of fossil fuels (FFs) are pushing the world to find …

It is an urgent problem to alleviate the contradiction between the supply and demand of
gallium (Ga) resources and improve the extraction and utilization efficiency of Ga resources …

The transition to renewable energies and electric vehicles has triggered an unprecedented
demand for metals. Sustainable development of these technologies relies on effectively …

By 2050, global demand for water is expected to increase by some 55% due to population
growth and urbanization. The utilization of large amounts of freshwater in the world …