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University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the ...

At least three Chinese rare earth magnet makers have secured licenses enabling them to accelerate exports to some customers, ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Arianespace launched a Vega C, sending South Korea's KOMPSAT-7 satellite into Earth orbit, the sixth flight by the ...

As temperatures rise, the air develops an “extra thirst” for water from soil, rivers, lakes, and plants. This AED is the key ...

Coral reefs didn’t merely mirror global change, but helped regulate how fast the climate bounced back from massive surges of ...

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...

The answer is as obvious as it seems – the Earth looks flat when you’re standing on it, not cone-shaped. Visual evidence favors one extraordinary belief over the others. Of course, scientific evidence ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that should accelerate shipments to certain customers, a ...