Beijing says it granted approval to some applications for the export of rare earths, a move that could ease tensions before ...

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Each F-35 fighter jet contains roughly 900 pounds of rare earth materials, while submarines can require more than 9,000 ...

China views its rare earths as a national security issue, not a trade one, and that’s why Beijing is unlikely to loosen ...

Metals like magnesium, iron, and calcium naturally react with carbon dioxide to form minerals that lock the gas away for good ...

Gluconobacter oxydans is key in carbon capture and bioleaching, with genetic modifications improving metal extraction ...

Airborne DNA offers a powerful new tool for tracking wildlife, detecting pathogens, and monitoring human impacts across ...

A small but mighty microbe that can safely extract the rare earth and other critical elements for building everything from ...

Mining isn’t known for innovation. For more than a century, we’ve extracted copper using the same process: dig, crush, grind, ...

Hydrogen electrolysis cells contain rare earth metals. Once an electrolysis cell has done its job, the materials used in it ...

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen darkness, scientists have encountered rare black smokers in a place where they were never ...