Many animals seem to have a mysterious sixth sense that allows them to travel through the world in ways that humans can only ...

The research team has identified atacamite as a material with magnetocaloric properties. Natural crystals have long ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when electrical current flows through it. The last time the scientists who operate ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

In the latest edition of WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast, we look at why rare-earth magnets are at the center of U.S. trade talks with China. We also take a look at inflation ahead of this week ...

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