Crystal Found Inside a Plant Could Transform Rare Earth Mining Industry

Yeah, I've played this game before, watch out for the Brotherhood of Nod... Tiberian spores are dangerous too.

They should also look into mycology since some fungi are resistant to strong radiation.

I love the diversity of science you cover. Keep up the great work Anton.

I recall attending a lecture in the nineties by a post-grad who was investigating a population of woodlice who had been raised at a site with high heavy metal contamination. These woodlice had spherules of metallic cadmium formed in their hepatopancreases. This approach may be of interest also?

Not to be that guy but my dad always told me about certain plants specifically growing in places where you can find certain mineral deposits, which was something he learned from his dad back in the day. So the foundational knowledge must have existed since at least the 19th century :D

I am glad to hear this Anton ! If we can use natural processes to collect needed elements it would be paradigm shift.

Phytomining and Phytoremediation are such exciting ideas. They're win-win technologies/methods in a way few things are

Wonderful to know that we're still making scientific discoveries, making great strides, leaps, and bounds, Sometimes for the benefit of society and the biosphere.. Cheers.

All fun and games until a lab coat creates a genetically modified version of bacteria that escapes the refinery and feeds on the rocks and covers the earth in slime, go scientists! we can count on you guys to screw up the world.

I just read the last article in the new December issue of Scientific American, entitled "Will We Run Out of Rare Earth Elements?" and was tickled at the coincidence, having just seen this "Rare Earth Mining" video of yours. The Sciam article was interesting, but among the solutions to the extraction problem that the article covers, there's no mention at all of any of the exciting possibilities that your video talks about. A scoop for Anton! Thanks for another fascinating video.