Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...

Rare earth elements are not rare in the Earth's crust, but they are seldom found in concentrated forms, making them expensive ...

They are in your phone and your car, yet most people have never heard of them. As demand for clean energy and high-tech gadgets soars, rare earth elements have become more indispensable ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...

The research team has identified atacamite as a material with magnetocaloric properties. Natural crystals have long ...

A rare earth breakthrough could rewrite the rules of recycling. Scientists at IOCB Prague have developed a cleaner, smarter way to recover these critical elements, crucial to technologies from ...

Rahim Suleman has been reaching out to automakers, and other potential customers, for years to sell the rare earth magnets ...

While rare earths magnets from China are beginning to flow again, customers remain on edge about the threat of future ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new tech reduces rare earth elements needed for magnets, licensed by United Rare Earths.

USA Rare Earth is racing to create a production line for neodymium magnets, aiming to reduce U.S. reliance on China’s rare earth materials.

Exports of rare-earth magnets from China continued their downward slide in May, official data has shown, reflecting restrictions imposed by Beijing during its trade war with the United States.