Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have successfully used bacteria and fungi to extract valuable metals from meteorite material, in an experiment that scientists say could reshape ...

An experiment on the International Space Station has shown bacteria and fungi can harvest valuable elements from space rocks.

The biomining process aimed at reclaiming land by removing waste from the Vedimara waste disposal site near North Paravur is nearing completion. The process of backfilling has started at the site. The ...

The National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) is expected to shortly submit its report on the volume of legacy waste that remains to be biomined at the Kochi Corporation’s dumping yard in ...

Kochi: Kochi corporation authorities signed an agreement with a private firm to biomine legacy waste without quantifying the garbage and without prior consent of the local body council. This has ...

It’s a well-known fact that if humanity wishes to explore deep space and to live and work on other planets, we need to bring Earth’s environment with us. This includes life support systems that ...

Chennai: Within a year of starting the 36 crore biomining process at Appur landfill, Tambaram Corporation has biomined around one-third of the six lakh tonnes of legacy waste accumulated at the site ...

KOCHI: Kerala is poised for a major transformation in waste management with the commissioning of compressed biogas (CBG) plants, expansion of sanitary waste processing facilities, and accelerated ...

Many asteroids are rich in metals that modern technology depends on, including platinum-group elements. But extracting those resources in space remains a huge challenge. A team of researchers recently ...

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are conducting an experiment to study how microorganisms extract minerals from meteorites in microgravity, a process known as biomining. The ...