Quasicrystals have structural properties intermediate between crystalline and amorphous materials. They can be synthesized in the lab but, as Luca Bindi explains, they may also be present in ...

Trump Invokes Emergency Powers to Boost US Critical Minerals Production By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked emergency ...

The much-hyped minerals agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine is a bad idea and should be dropped. But although critics have tended to focus on the deal’s unseemliness and impracticalities, the ...

Munira Raji does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The prices of some strategic minerals have soared in China over the past year, as a wave of protectionist policies – many of them initiated by Beijing – spark a global scramble to lock down ...

The United States is holding “exploratory talks” with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a deal that would give it access to the African nation’s critical minerals in exchange for ...

March 9 (Reuters) - The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator ...

It has been one week since a calamitous Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ignited one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S.-Ukrainian ...

University of Glasgow provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The US vice-president, J.D. Vance, recently told Fox News that “the very best security guarantee” to prevent Russia ...

A breakthrough discovery has found that Mars may have once been warm, wet, and able to support life. NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring the Red Planet since 2021, but recently spotted ...

Talks over a potential U.S.-Ukraine agreement centered on access to revenues associated with Ukraine’s minerals recently stalled, a deal is still possible. It’s not certain that Ukraine has ...

After a heated meeting in the White House, both sides have signaled that they are still open to reaching an agreement. By Andrew E. Kramer Maria Varenikova and Constant Méheut A potential deal ...