There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite ( cha-too-ite ), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 ...

The Rare Earth Elements Project brings together scientists ... molecules and electrons - which make up the world - so a career in chemistry will help you have a more profound understanding of how ...

But this toxic waste may also be a treasure trove for the rare earth elements needed to propel the world toward clean energy. Scientists analyzed coal ash from power plants across the United ...

An ash landfill in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Recent research by The University of Texas at Austin tallied up the potential rare earth elements that could be extracted from coal ash around the ...

The US$80 billion hoard is the latest fruit of China’s drive to find new domestic precious minerals reserves.

But that doesn’t mean magnetism is a complete mystery, and the things that we do know about it are pretty straightforward, and actually help in understanding how both rare earth magnets and ...

The team at the Quantum Science Center is hunting for novel uses for rare Earth elements, using powerful magnets for the next wave of computers.

An important thing to know about rare-earth elements is that they're not rare. Rather, they are typically found within other minerals, making mining an economic challenge. These 17 elements are ...

The array of subsidies and tax breaks in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act were supposed to help address the financial end of things ... in the realm of rare earth elements, where China ...