rare earth elements

There are giant robots involved.

The vital ingredients for your next smartphone could come from energy waste

Discarded coal could power your future iPhone

With China holding the vast majority of the world's rare earths resources, the DOE is looking to diversify its sources.

A new type of X-ray microscope — or more appropriately, nanoscope — is another big breakthrough in the world of...

With the Chinese firmly in charge of the world’s supply of rare earth metals, the Japanese have been hard at...

Rare earth elements have been the focus of a good deal of ink, a lot of anxiety, and a couple...

Looking for a source of rare earths? Try your stash of old cellphones

The electronic future is buried under the ground in Missouri

In a process much like the materials science equivalent of bioengineering, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Ames Lab have...