As the chance of a real winter snow approached, so did my nephew’s dream of building an igloo. Madden Hall, 16, pitched his ...

Toronto-based Cyclic Materials has announced the close of a $75 million Series C equity round—its largest to date—scaling up operations across the United States and Europe and accelerating its ...

USA Rare Earth will build a facility in Lacq, France, capable of producing 3,750 metric tons per year of rare earth metals and alloys. The facility, which will be developed through the company's ...

How to rebuild after L.A.’s devastating wildfires. A year after L.A.’s devastating wildfires, a profile of two different approaches in building a fire resilient home. But would it be smarter and safer ...

Chinese and American labs are competing to see who will be the first to deploy a supercomputer that powers AI systems from space. Starlink, Blue Origin, Google, and startup Starcloud are all upgrading ...

A new paper argues that humanity has created an "orbital house of cards," putting us on a CRASH course with only 2.8 days to impact. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...

Mineral processor ElementUSA says that it's planning to invest $850 million in a new rare earth refinery in Louisiana, as part of larger efforts to strengthen the country's critical mineral supply ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned to Lynas, an Australian mining ...

NASA revealed that scientists discovered sugars that are “essential” to life and a “gum-like” substance on the space rock Bennu NASA/Goddard/University of ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

This company aims to build a vertically integrated business as the U.S. shifts its focus to domestic suppliers of crucial minerals. China controls a significant amount of the mining and processing of ...