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China today controls about sixty per cent of global rare-earth mining and nearly ninety per cent of processing. When Beijing ...

Take a nostalgic yet eye-opening look at 12 things Baby Boomers learned in school that no longer apply today. From outdated ...

The Deciem-owned brand’s The Periodic Fable campaign reimagines the periodic table with beauty buzzwords to expose misleading ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...

Many fans of Austrian economics know the MP Materials and US Rare Earth REM financing agreements will end badly with crony ...

As the global auto and energy industries race toward electrification and cleaner technologies, one group of little-known ...

When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find ...

The Periodic Table Restaurant and Bar, a Columbia restaurant serving contemporary American dishes with international twists, permanently closed its doors in late September. The restaurant announced ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Onteora School Board officials tabled a vote to close Woodstock Elementary School, but district officials expect to come back within the coming two months with a resolution that ...

What started with a turtle statue donated to Butterworth Elementary School decades ago turned into eight new picnic tables for the community. “About a year and a half ago, Tom Douglas had contacted me ...