As the U.S.–China trade war ramps up, rare earths are among the most important pieces of leverage that China controls. There ...

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with each rare earth mineral having different applications, pricing and ...

For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...

The elements are essential to all human life and cannot ... middle of a season (fixed signs), or end of a season (mutable signs). Of the three earth signs, Taurus is a fixed sign, Virgo is a mutable ...

These advances come at a cost, though, as the rare earth elements needed to make them are getting harder to come by. It’s not that rare earth elements like neodymium are all that rare ...

While we often focus on the four elements (Fire, Earth, Air, and Water), fixity adds another layer to understanding the ...

The Rare Earth Element (REE) research program was created to stimulate research and development in the area of rare earth element production and processing in Wyoming. The objectives of the program ...

Those misfit elements include rare earth minerals – crucial to smartphones, the energy transition and military applications – that are at the center of international trade tensions.

The ancient Greeks thought that there were just four elements - earth, air, fire and water. However, we now know that there are actually 118 chemical elements. Everything on Earth and in the solar ...