As China has begun to impose restrictions on rare earths, a one-year pause not withstanding, the U.S. is racing to build up its own supply chain.

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical elements bond with one another. For many of the 118 known elements, the ...

We need thoughtful commentary on tech’s implications for learning. John McWhorter’s shrug of an Atlantic essay was anything but.

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Today, the United States is dangerously dependent on foreign nations for 50 to 99% of 34 vital metals and minerals … and 100% of 15 others. China is our primary supplier for 24 of them; Russia for six ...

Texas A&M researchers have unlocked a new way to harness astatine-211, a rare and powerful isotope that may revolutionize ...

Ahead of the 2025 election, Patch will be publishing profiles on local candidates. Here's what Barbara Crystal had to say.

Every year, chemistry students spend Halloween morning assembling the periodic table of elements out of pumpkins beginning at ...

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway. The article ...