What makes a rare cancer rare? Sometimes, it’s the person’s age. All pediatric cancers, for instance, are rare cancers because cancer in the very young is highly unusual. Other times, it’s the ...

Last week, President Trump postponed a summit with his Chinese counterpart on account of the war with Iran. When Trump and Xi Jinping do meet, here's an agenda item bound to figure prominently: rare ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, just off Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, sits the Mountain Pass mine. Surrounded by a high plateau of pale rock and desert scrub, this ...

Efforts to develop domestic rare-earth resources are gaining momentum in Texas as policymakers and industry leaders push to reduce U.S. reliance on China for minerals critical to defense and ...

Federal health officials, facing criticism from lawmakers for recent rejections of rare-disease drugs, attacked an Amsterdam-based biotech company seeking approval of a Huntington’s disease treatment ...

March 5 (Reuters) - USA Rare Earth (USAR.O), opens new tab said on Thursday it would acquire the remaining minority interest in a Texas rare earth deposit in an all-stock transaction ‌worth $73 ...

USA Rare Earth Inc. is planning to acquire the remaining minority interest of a Texas rare earth deposit in an all-stock transaction that values the deal at about $73 million, according to people ...

You’ve probably heard that the days of brands embracing social impact are over. “Purpose” used to be the go-to shortcut for earning audience trust and loyalty, particularly from Gen Z who were seen as ...

For decades, the West has been sleepwalking into dependency. While we built the world’s most advanced fighter jets, smartphones, and electric vehicles, we quietly surrendered the most important ...

MP Materials has chosen Northlake, Texas, for its new $1.25 billion rare earth magnet manufacturing campus. The facility, dubbed "10X," will use rare earth raw materials that have been sourced and ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...