Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

The group of rare earth elements (REEs) comprises a total of 17 elements, all of which possess similar chemical properties. In addition to the two lightest elements, scandium and yttrium, the group ...

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Some of the most coveted metals on the planet are not just expensive, they are almost unimaginably scarce in Earth's crust ...

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Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission arriving in 2026 might solve the mystery.

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China's rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of ...

Although rare-earth elements (REEs) are not very rare, their recovery and purification is very cumbersome, with no ...