A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

It will also need a suite of other rare earth elements and minerals that many of us first heard about this week when China announced export controls that would effectively cut off the global ...

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

These are a group of 17 metallic elements that are difficult to extract from the earth, but are crucial for U.S. defense. The ask comes after China curbed exports of some of those minerals as part ...

and we’re transforming it in a big and consistent way through the sustained funding,” Earth MRI science coordinator Jamey Jones told Grist in an interview. In addition to mapping minerals ...

Rare earth minerals are used in vast array of high-tech ... Then, we’ll get into why Canadians are boycotting American vacations. And, the science behind why astronauts on the International ...

In an escalation of his dispute with global trade partners, President Trump called for the Commerce Department to look at possible security risks from America's reliance on imported "rare earth ...