The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as ...

We need rare earth minerals for use in items we rely on for modern life. New tech holds possibilities for mining at home for ...

Texas A&M engineers have won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to perfect a method of extraction that could save ...

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Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical ...

As China tightens its grip on critical resources, Trump eyes Canada’s riches The post The US Badly Needs Rare Minerals and Fresh Water. Guess Who Has Them? first appeared on The Walrus.

Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States needed Greenland “very badly,” renewing his threat to annex the Danish territory. Greenland is a resource-rich island with a plentiful supply ...

The name “rare earths” is a bit of a misnomer, as the materials are found throughout the Earth’s crust. They are more abundant than gold, but they are difficult and costly to extract and ...

Synthetic biologists have developed a prototype for an innovative biosensor that can detect rare earth elements and be modified for a range of other applications. QUT synthetic biologists have ...

Paleontologists have given the name "Beautiful Nightmare" to a rare dinosaur fossil thought to be the only partial skull of its species found in North ... "These things are all quite significant ...