Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...

Rare earth elements are used to build essential components of high technology, including phones, computers, cars, and weapons components. China is the largest source of rare earth elements in the ...

Scientists have long been probing the universe to determine how elements came together to form planets and (at least in Earth’s case) gave rise to life. One disconnect was that the universe contained ...

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 ...

Remember having to study the periodic table in high school chemistry? There was always that group of elements set off on their own because they didn’t easily fit onto the laminated wall poster hung ...

Elements from the group of rare earth metals are of great importance today, also in technical applications. The Bioinorganic Chemistry group at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is conducting ...

Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment manager Louis O'Connor guards his firm's most valuable assets. The treasure inside? Rare earth ...

A group of seventeen metallic elements contained in rare earth minerals. Also called "rare earth metals," they are essential in tech, energy and transportation. Mined from the earth's crust, they are ...