A common iron mineral hiding in soil turns out to be far better at trapping carbon than scientists realized. Its surface ...

Countries are racing to secure the critical minerals and rare earths needed to make vital products.

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the ...

New Zealand is attending international talks in the US this week about a strategic alliance on critical minerals.  Earlier in ...

Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system. A recent study of microscopic grains collected from Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft ...

Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the ...

A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition) unveils how sedimentary deposits in the North China Craton (NCC)—a geological treasure trove spanning 2.8 billion ...

Odisha receives a significant boost as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces dedicated rare earth corridors, ...

A wide gap exists between what is thought to lie beneath the ground in resource-rich African countries and what may actually ...

Japan has achieved the world's first retrieval of rare earth-bearing seabed mud from approximately 6 km depths near ...

X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...