Catalysts are essential to modern industry, accelerating reactions used to produce everything from fertilizers and fuels to medicines and hydrogen energy. But until now, scientists could not directly ...

We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construct of the brain. If that didn’t blow your ...

Buried within the rocks of Mountain Pass are rare-earth elements—a group of metals that play a vital role in nearly every twenty-first-century technology. They help make the high-strength magnets that ...

The top magnetic assembly manufacturers are not necessarily the largest companies by revenue. More often, leadership in this market is defined by the ability to serve technically demanding customers ...

Now consider the effects on the military side. In 2024, Ukraine produced 1.2 million combat drones, every single magnet in everyone of them was manufactured in China. An F-35 carries 435 kilos of rare ...

Ford and General Motors are banking on a new manganese-based battery to leapfrog China in the EV battery race. The catch is ...

China’s domination of the rare earths industry is a major vulnerability for Western governments, but North America is finally fighting back.

The United Downs plant near Truro in Cornwall is the first in the UK to generate electricity from deep geothermal energy.

Many governments and businesses worldwide have been trying to devise effective initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change and global warming. So far, their primary focus has been to reduce the ...

NASA is advancing lunar base and nuclear power deployment plans under new legislation, targeting a fission reactor demo on the Moon by 2030.

China secured rare earth dominance by controlling a critical downstream chokepoint that the West abandoned, but now one company is fighting back.

The combination of rare earth materials and cryogenic temperatures could be the key to transforming power infrastructures in ...