Engineering biology for critical minerals
Science advice note: biology-based approaches to critical minerals extraction and processing within 5 to 10 years.
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This note summarises an expert roundtable held in March 2026, discussing biology-based approaches to accessing and processing critical minerals that could be integrated into existing industrial methods.
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