China's Rare Earths Strategy: A Game Changer in US-China Tensions
The article discusses America's misconceptions about its rare earth resources, highlighting the challenges and realities of domestic production and reliance on global supply chains.
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Rare Earth Stocks Rise as US-China Tensions Intensify
Rare earth stocks in Asia and the US surged due to escalating US-China tensions and China's expanded export restrictions on key minerals, boosting investor interest in alternative suppliers.
Australia Forces Chinese Investors to Divest Rare Earth Stakes
Australia has ordered Chinese-linked funds to divest their stakes in rare-earth companies, citing national interest concerns.
China Implements Ban on Rare Earth Processing Technology Exports
China has banned the export of rare earth processing technologies, a move that could have significant implications for the global supply chain. Rare earth elements are crucial for the production of various high-tech products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, and renewable energy technologies. China is the world's largest producer of rare earths, and this export ban could give it greater control over the global supply and potentially disrupt industries heavily reliant on these materials.
Scientists capture world's first nanoscale X-ray of a single atom.
Scientists have captured the first X-ray image of a single atom using a microscope that combines scanning probes and synchrotron X-ray imaging. The technique, known as synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy, allows for the individual atom to be identified and its chemical state to be measured. The team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois-Chicago and other institutions used a supramolecule made of a single iron atom and several terbium atoms to capture the image. The discovery could revolutionise research and give birth to new technologies in areas such as quantum information and the detection of trace elements in environmental and medical research.