Rare earth elements power everything from smartphones to green energy. Learn how shifting continents and geopolitics shape ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

A professor from The Open University is just one of seven international scientists trusted by China to take the moon rocks ...

The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took ... in volatile elements like potassium, zinc, and sodium. This depletion likely occurred due to the extreme heat during the impact or the moon’s weak ...

A more efficient and environmentally friendly approach to extracting rare earth elements that power everything from electric vehicle batteries to smartphones could increase domestic supply and ...

“Political boundaries and the desire to obtain access to mineral resources have been the source of economic and military conflicts throughout human history,” says Jill VanTongeren. The PT ...