China controls about 90 per cent of world capacity for processing the minerals, and has steadily tightened restrictions on exporting the materials and technology needed to process them. It imposed new ...

Officials say they will begin the second clean-up phase of homes in the burn areas of Pacific Palisades and Altadena. That ...

Researchers at Rice University have developed a new method for performing chemical reactions using water instead of toxic ...

The EPA has signed a lease with another location in Altadena to serve as a staging area for household hazardous materials. Here’s what you need to know.

As the world makes the transition to renewable energy sources, the demand for efficient, long lasting batteries has grown and ...

With the acceleration of industrialization and the severe challenge of global climate change, the concept of green low-carbon and sustainable development ...

The material is stable enough that it can keep carbon underground for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Scientists ...

Tensions continue to rise in Duarte as people living in the city and surrounding communities protest the EPA’s use of Lario ...

AI is evolving at an incredible pace, but its growing energy demands pose a major challenge. Enter spintronic devices—new ...

Massive ship sheets are repurposed through an advanced electric furnace recycling process, melting and refining the material ...

K’s microwave plasma technology, called UniMelt, uses beams of tightly controlled thermal plasma to melt or vaporize ...

Machining composites is a dusty, arduous and abrasive process that is hard on cutting tools, requiring the right combination ...