MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A new initiative and startup that aims to play a role in increasing the supply of critical rare earth minerals to support infrastructure in the United States has been officially ...

Every atom is a coiled source of power. But some atoms pack more punch than others. The radioactive elements fueling nuclear reactors can be coaxed into generating so much power that in the mid-1950s ...

When humans choose to venture out farther into space, they may consider bringing the tiniest of creatures along for the ride. A recent experiment found that microbes’ ability to extract precious ...

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it is issuing streamlined rare earth export licenses - a key promised outcome after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart ...

A new federally funded research project at the University of California, Davis, endeavors to extract valuable components for magnets, lasers and other modern technologies from an unlikely source: ...

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...

Israel Gomez, plant manager at ReElement’s Noblesville facility, shows how the company processes elements like lithium, germanium, gadolinium, antimony and yttrium for reuse from recycled materials.

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

Indiana leaders gathered this week to consider how the state could mine its ample coal waste for the rare earth elements key to modern technology – in a bid to boost domestic production and break ...

A container with 10 grams of yttrium, a rare earth element, is passed around during a meeting of the Indiana Rare Earth Recovery Council on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana ...

Chip startup d-Matrix Inc. today disclosed that it has raised $275 million in funding to support its commercialization efforts. The Series C round was led by Bullhound Capital, Triatomic Capital and ...

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