New platform enables domestic rare earth supply from waste, reducing reliance on imports and energy-intensive refining.

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...

A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances ...

Long before Earth formed, tiny mineral grains were already drifting through space, forged in the final breaths of dying stars. Those grains, older than our planet by billions of years, now sit in ...

Earth-based building materials have long offered a sustainable alternative to conventional construction, drawing on locally available resources such as clay, sand, and natural fibres. Contemporary ...

Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely ...

In a major escalation of its tech resource policy, China's Ministry of Commerce announced new export restrictions on rare earth materials, sharply tightening approval processes for exports linked to ...