⚛️ Is the secret to circular rare earth recovery hidden in molecular motion?

🔗 Computationally derived structural insights into Rare Earth selectivity in lanmodulin and its variants. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.02.005

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#RareEarths #Lanmodulin #ComputationalBiology #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #RareEarthElements #MolecularDynamics #ProteinEngineering #MolecularModeling #MolecularSimulation

A #protein mines, sorts rare earths better than humans, paving way for green tech.

#biotechnology #bacteria #lanmodulin

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-protein-rare-earths-humans-paving.html

The researchers #engineered the #sensor from a natural #protein called #lanmodulin, which binds rare earth #elements with high selectivity and was discovered 5 years ago by some of the Penn State researchers involved in the present study.
#Engineering #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/eng03122301.html