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National Science Foundation funds UAF-led critical minerals coalition

Geophysical Institute

July 14, 2026

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NSF awards 12 new Regional Innovation Engines to fuel research, jobs and economic growth nationwide

U.S. National Science Foundation

July 14, 2026

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Endolith Raises $13.5 Million to Unlock New Copper Supply Using AI-Powered Microbes

Reuters

November 13, 2025

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Oroclinal Bending of Southern Alaska during Final Assembly of the North American Cordillera

GSA Today, Volume 35 Issue 11

November 2025

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Meet the Microbes That Munch Mountains of Mining Waste

Scientific American

October 1, 2025

Mining Magazine Awards 2025 Shortlist

Mining Magazine

October 1, 2025

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Critical Conversations with Endolith CEO

North of 60 Mining News

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UAF critical minerals proposal a finalist for NSF funding

Geophysical Institute

September 19, 2025 

A University of Alaska Fairbanks proposal to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign sources of minerals critical to the technology and defense industries has been named one of 15…

Research assistant professor Florian Hofmann of the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Geochronology Lab works on the lab’s argon mass spectrometer. Photo by JR Ancheta

UAF critical minerals proposal advances in federal funding competition

Geophysical Institute

July 14, 2025

A University of Alaska Fairbanks proposal to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign sources of minerals critical to the technology and defense industries has…

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