A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

They are in your phone and your car, yet most people have never heard of them. As demand for clean energy and high-tech gadgets soars, rare earth elements have become more indispensable ...

Move beyond lithium and its dominance in semiconductors. There exists a group of 17 other metals with mostly difficult-to-pronounce names but whose products are widespread around us. Here’s a full ...

Rare earth magnets are in a lot of everyday items, and make a lot of your most basic electronics work, but they're also an ...

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S. has its own secret stash.

With global supplies and costs of rare earths becoming a serious concern among various industries, here's a lowdown on what makes these elements so special ...

India hopes to raise domestic value addition in electronics, but China’s rare earth restrictions have exposed just how ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

Rare earth minerals are in the Earth's crust, making them difficult to extract. They include lanthanide, scandium and yttrium, all on the Periodic Table of Elements.

Having seen some clip or the other ‒ about rare earths ‒ almost every day in the leading national dailies, I was curious to ...