Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising yet challenging source of minerals: ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Photoluminescent materials are more than just the glow-in-the-dark stars your parents glued to your bedroom ceiling as a ...

President Trump signed an executive order invoking war time powers to help boost production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. There is a global race for those materials, but the U.S. lags ...

Chinese scientists have recently achieved the fabrication of single-atom-layer metals with a thickness of merely ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

The Earth Sciences contribute to answers on a wide range of societal and economic questions in areas such as: the natural means of existence (water, raw materials, the energy transition), the ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

College students, rocket scientists and math enthusiasts around the world are celebrating Pi Day. The holiday on March 14 — ...