UAF project aims to reduce US dependence on imported critical minerals

UAF geochronologist Florian Hoffman works on the program’s argon mass spectrometer. (JR Ancheta/University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute)
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks say work is already underway on a project to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported critical minerals. That’s after the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded the university $15 million this summer to lead a regional collaboration the foundation calls a critical mineral acce