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And now, a ship that can mine 39,000 tons of ore from a mile under water
There are giant robots involved.
Coal Byproducts Are A Great Source Of Rare Earth Elements
The vital ingredients for your next smartphone could come from energy waste
A Cleaner Way To Get Rare Earth Elements Out Of Coal
Discarded coal could power your future iPhone
New $120 Million Department Of Energy Center Will Tackle Rare Earths Shortage
With China holding the vast majority of the world's rare earths resources, the DOE is looking to diversify its sources.
New Microscope Uses X-Rays To Resolve Nanoscale Details
A new type of X-ray microscope — or more appropriately, nanoscope — is another big breakthrough in the world of...
Video: Japanese Researchers Build an EV Engine That Contains No Rare Earths
With the Chinese firmly in charge of the world’s supply of rare earth metals, the Japanese have been hard at...
Massive Undersea Discovery of Rare Earth Elements May Break Chinese Monopoly
Rare earth elements have been the focus of a good deal of ink, a lot of anxiety, and a couple...
A New International Project Aims to Track U.S. Electronic Waste for Recycling
Looking for a source of rare earths? Try your stash of old cellphones
My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine
The electronic future is buried under the ground in Missouri
By Swapping Just a Few Key Particles, Researchers Atomically Engineer Magnets For Custom Purposes
In a process much like the materials science equivalent of bioengineering, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Ames Lab have...