Ever wondered what the most abundant element on Earth is? Or how the elements that make up our planet compare to those floating out in the vast universe?

Sodium-ion batteries are gaining attention as a cheaper and more eco-friendly alternative to traditional lithium-ion ...

Japanese researchers' new approach involving copper doping, solves the long-standing issue of stacking faults in sodium batteries.

Rare earth elements are essential for modern military and civilian technology. They’re found most often in hard-to-reach places, often in unfriendly countries. Given their necessity and the ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

It's the eighth most abundant element in the observable Universe, but the third most abundant on Earth.

Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common resources on the moon is considered relatively valuable here on Earth ...

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a set of 17 metallic elements that include the 15 lanthanides on the periodic table, plus scandium and yttrium. REEs are varyingly abundant in the earth’s crust ...