A small company operating in western Montana has been tasked with supplying the federal government with a critical mineral.

Although the wider shift in the economic paradigm has now focused on gold due largely to the fear trade, forward-thinking investors are turning toward a less-appreciated commodity called antimony. A ...

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A little-known metalloid is attracting outsized attention from investors and policymakers alike. Antimony, a silvery element used in everything from flame retardants to ammunition and semiconductors, ...

A newly developed magnetic biochar material could help farmers grow safer rice in soils contaminated with toxic elements, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Solar energy holds enormous untapped potential as a clean, renewable power source. But as silicon panels approach their practical efficiency limits, scientists have turned to ...