MagNEO Project: Replace Rare Earth Elements for Permanent Magnets W 3D Printing

3D-printed ‘Space-age’ antenna could be face of satellite communication | The discovery could revolutionize things like satellite communications by allowing a dramatic reduction in weight and enabling 3D-printing over machining for components.

Wall Street banker pays $2 million sight unseen for coal mine then discovers it's filled with $37 billion worth of rare Earth elements

Cornell scientists have characterized the genome of Shewanella oneidensis – a metal-loving bacteria with an affinity for rare earth elements – to replace the harsh chemical processing with a benign practice called biosorption.