Rare earth magnets are the tiny powerhouses driving everything from smartphones to wind turbines, yet their supply is a strategic and environmental challenge. The U.S. is working to rebuild its rare ...

Europe’s largest rare earth deposit just got considerably bigger. On March 3, 2026, Rare Earths Norway announced that its Fen ...

From cancer-fighting proteins to eco-friendly metal extraction, scientists are finding surprising new uses for elements like boron and thallium. ETH Zurich chemists have unlocked a faster way to build ...

New soil testing and digital farming tools are being designed to work with field variability, as experts say soil complexity ...

Researchers at Umeå University have turned a protein from soil bacteria into a potential new weapon against colorectal cancer ...

Researchers have developed a technique for detecting and measuring the concentration of many rare-earth elements in plants, ...

Using self-developed drones and advanced sensors, researchers can now see both under the snow and into the ground. The ...

A German-made tunnel boring machine has been entombed in volcanic ash beneath the city since 2019. Here's why the BMC ...

University of Queensland geochemist Dr. Amelia Corzo-Remigio said powerful X-rays confirmed crops in the Brassicaceae family ...

A disc tiller in a post-harvest fall field at a Mississippi State University research farm. Photo courtesy of Zach Simpson. A new database built by Iowa State University researchers aims to improve ...

Hannah Voye, former master’s student at South Dakota State University shared her research of soil tarping during the South Dakota Specialty Producers Summit in Huron, South Dakota, on Feb. 20, 2026.

Last year, more than 24,000 farmers and gardeners requested soil sample testing through MU Extension. This year, the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory in Mumford Hall is making it simpler and cheaper ...