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America's only rare earth producer gets a boost from Apple and Pentagon agreements
MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on ...
MP Materials’ stock heads for a new high. What’s behind Apple’s new rare-earths deal.
The iPhone maker is committing $500 million to buying rare-earth magnets from the company’s flagship facility in Texas, which ...
Apple just spent $500 million to source a material that’s critical for iPhones from the US
Apple is investing $500 million in a deal with US rare earths company MP Materials as the iPhone maker faces pressure from President Donald Trump to produce its popular smartphones domestically.
Big dams may have changed how the Earth rotates, new study finds
New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.
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We’ve Dammed So Much Water, Earth’s Poles Have Shifted
When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...
AI developed a new rare-earth-free magnet 200 times faster than humans
Materials Nexus discovered a new rare-earth-free magnet called MagNex with the help of AI - here’s how they did it.
Scientists Rewrite the Story of Earth’s First Continents With a Fiery New Twist
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
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New type of Earth rock is created by human industrial waste and forms in just 40 years
Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological ...