Ames National Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science National Laboratory managed by Iowa State University. Located on the Iowa State campus, Ames National Laboratory seeks solutions to energy-related problems of national importance through the exploration of physics, chemistry, engineering, applied mathematics, and materials sciences. We accelerate the discovery of new materials and share our expertise with the scientific community and partners throughout the U.S. and the world. Ames National Laboratory is a top national laboratory in converting science into licensed technologies.www.ameslab.gov
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Oct 8, 2026
Subhamay PramanikGUEST
Yes.
Subhamay PramanikGUEST
Actually, uh, Critical Mineral Innovation Hub is, um, um, basically, uh, is a, uh, like a hub which, which generally oper-- mainly operates from the, uh, Ames National Lab.
Subhamay PramanikGUEST
Uh, but this hub actually is funded by, uh, directly from the CME, so Cri-Critical Mineral-- Office of Critical Mineral Energy Innovation.
Subhamay PramanikGUEST
Uh, so this hub actually have dif-- couple of three different thrust area, and they have a thrust lead.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Basically, the process of elimination could help them get more correct answers.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
In 2014, Ames Lab at Iowa State University solved that problem with another study.
Nicholas SkurichSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Participants were given a coin envelope with two cartridge cases and they were simply asked, do these cases match or not? And then they're given another coin envelope and they're asked, do these cartridge cases match or not? So it's a much cleaner test.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
But this one had its own issues.
Sarah DiehnHOST
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Chris ConetzkeyHOST
The Ames National Laboratory will receive federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project to accelerate the development of technologies to improve domestic mining capabilities.
Chris ConetzkeyHOST
The funding announced last week will support the lab's microvision project, which could help make it easier and less expensive to produce critical minerals in the United States.
Chris ConetzkeyHOST
The 17 projects selected from across the country will receive a total of $29.5 million.
Sarah DiehnHOST
You can read all these stories in full and more news at businessrecord.com. Next up, we have our statewide headlines with the news you need to know from across Iowa.
Chris ConetzkeyHOST
[typewriter sound] The Ames National Laboratory will f- receive federal funding from the US Department of Energy for a project to accelerate the development of technologies to improve domestic mining capabilities.
Chris ConetzkeyHOST
The funding, announced last week, will support the lab's Microvision project, which could help make it easier and less expensive to produce critical minerals in the United States.
Chris ConetzkeyHOST
The 17 projects selected from across the country will receive a total of $29.5 million.
Bill McCallumSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yet in the magnets that we are currently using in electric vehicles, there's as much as eight weight percent of the magnet, and this is not sustainable.
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To solve this problem, the scientists at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with new magnetic compounds.
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They would prefer to replace dysprosium with cerium, because it exists in abundance.
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Unfortunately, the magnetic properties of cerium are quite
speaker_0HOST
I was reading the notes from Adam Schwartz.
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He's the director of the Ames Laboratory.
speaker_0HOST
And he pointed out that the world's most powerful magnet uses just two atoms of neodymium paired with 14 atoms of iron and one atom of boron.
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And D2F14B.
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Like at the Ames Lab.
speaker_1HOST
Exactly.
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Researchers at the Ames Laboratory have successfully developed an acid-free technique to recover rare earths directly from shredded computer hard drives.
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Acid-free, so no solvent extraction.