Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

The ancient Greeks looked to use the four main elements to interpret reality and the world. Empedocles was the proponent of ...

In a surprising twist on the old “trash to treasure” saying, scientists have uncovered an enormous cache of rare earth elements worth an estimated $8.4 billion—hidden in plain sight across ...

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula system is the closest star-forming region to Earth, and as such has come under the scrutiny of both ...