Mining is the easier part of the process. The real bottleneck is the refinement facility capable of separating 17 different elements at 99.999 percent purity. The design, construction, and ...

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped ...

Local authorities continue to assess potential impacts on air quality due to the dispersal of ash and volcanic gases, especially in areas near the crater.

Everyone is dying to try this new burial trend. Eco-conscious New Yorkers can soon turn their corpses into compost as part of ...

Earth's magnetic poles flip in a process called a geomagnetic reversal. The planet's magnetic field is generated by chaotic flows of molten metal deep inside Earth's core.

Ilia Malinin seemed calm as he took center ice. He needed 183.42 points to win—14.36 points lower than his lowest-scoring ...

Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun's processes. Fusion reactors are inherently safe as they cannot melt down, unlike fission reactors. Achieving ...

VAC Magnetics plans to continue increasing production and workforce after facility ships first US-made rare earth magnets for ...

Concrete is all around you—in the foundation of your home, the bridges you drive over, the sidewalks and buildings of cities. It is often described as the second-most used material by volume on Earth ...

Brazilian Rare Earths validated a low-temperature rare-earth extraction flowsheet capable of recovering 97 per cent of total ...

New research shows anxiety about aging - especially health-related worries - may be linked to faster biological aging at the cellular level.

On June 26, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the endangerment finding and regulations that the EPA ...