NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock ...

To transition to a green economy, we require more critical metals such as copper, rare earth elements and cobalt than are ...

New research out of Macquarie University has identified the probable locations for critical metals needed to support a green economy.

Most of Earth's gold is locked up in the mantle, the thick, middle layer of the planet located between the crust and the ...

A Bay Area-based technology company has secured funding for a massive lithium-sulfur battery facility in north Reno. Lyten announced that it has received support for a funding package worth up to ...

Interestingly, a new, more sustainable, and cost-effective alternative has already caught the attention of the world: zinc-sulfur batteries. These batteries use abundant and inexpensive materials, ...