Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...

At the far end of the periodic table is a realm where nothing is quite as it should be. The elements here, starting at atomic number 104 (rutherfordium), have never been found in nature. In fact, they ...

The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two ...

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 have ...

Rare earth elements are a group of 17 chemical elements that play an often small but irreplaceable role in many essential modern technological products. Smartphones, flat-screen TVs, digital cameras ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has announced a new way to reliably make element 116, livermorium. The results, made by using a titanium beam to irradiate a sample, could point toward the ...

China has tightened its grip on rare earth exports. This move escalates the trade war with the United States. President Trump ...

China said on Thursday it planned to add five more rare earth elements and related materials to its export controls list, ...

China said on Thursday it planned to add five more rare earth elements and related materials to its export controls list, ...