Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

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Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

What do electric vehicles, fighter jets and digital cameras have in common? Rare earth elements. They're wanted everywhere but can only be sourced from a few places.

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China may relax restrictions on exports of rare earths for Chinese and European semiconductor firms and other companies in their supply chain.

This combination of properties makes rare-earth magnets hard to beat. One alternative, says Dr Lewis, is to switch rare-earth elements for others that are chemically at least somewhat similar.

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas refining, and computer and phone screens. The 17 rare earth elements all ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving scientists to guess at how the eons-long process unfolds.