A lanthanide–carbon triple bond has been created for the first time, specifically a bond between cerium and carbon, ...

A research team led by Dr. Miloslav Polášek at IOCB Prague has developed a new method of separating the rare earth elements, ...

Rare earth magnets are in a lot of everyday items, and make a lot of your most basic electronics work, but they're also an ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S. has its own secret stash.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new class of lanthanide-doped nanomaterials that exhibit extraordinarily high optical nonlinearity, exceeding a magnitude ...

The lanthanide elements’ 4f electron orbitals are notoriously shy and retiring, and they were long thought to be unwilling partners in chemical bonding. Now chemists have brought out a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists from the University at Buffalo and the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be ...

Lynas had earlier been permitted to import and process lanthanide concentrate, which contains the radioactive material, until January 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS ...

Promethium is what is known as a "lanthanide" or "rare-earth metal." This metal is one of 15 elements that occupy the lower portion of the periodic table and carry the atomic numbers 57 through 71.