Beijing is more openly leveraging its control over rare earths, using them both as a stick to pressure geostrategic rivals and as a carrot to incentivize cooperation with partners.

The Trump administration is developing a plan to use Cold War-era powers to prioritize and fund rare earth projects it deems critical to national security, people familiar with the matter said.

A Beijing-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, as China moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip ...

Nvidia has unveiled a new generative foundation model that it says enables simulations of Earth’s global climate with an unprecedented level of resolution. As is so often the case with powerful ...

An international human rights group said that Chinese rare earth minerals are being produced through forced labor as President Trump lauded a Tuesday deal with President Xi Jinping that would ...

The U.S. trade "deal" with China highlights how dependent Americans are on Chinese rare earth minerals, creating an economic vulnerability.

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...

China's restrictions on rare earth element exports are significantly impacting global industries, particularly automotive manufacturing, as companies struggle with supply shortages and seek ...

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Earth's core mystery solved: How solid rock flows 3,000 kilometers beneath us Date: June 8, 2025 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a ...

China has approved temporary export licenses to rare-earth suppliers of the top US automakers, Reuters reported on Friday, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment.