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Rare Earths, Real Insight - Ep 57: Julie Klinger

Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

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Rare Earth Frontiers From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes

The term rare earths refers to 17 chemically similar elements. They are distinguished by their really fantastic magnetic and conductive properties. This is what makes them so essential to just about every kind of technology that you can think of, because they enable miniaturization. I mean, it's really thanks to rare earth elements that our computers are the size of our smartphones and laptops and not the size of this building,.

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