Tony Caruso, a physicist and vice chancellor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is behind the Critical Materials Crossroads initiative.

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The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...

Firefighters have been working through the weekend to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Southern California as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...

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The scientific wonderers at What If explore the catastrophic destruction that would occur if Earth’s core suddenly exploded. I drove my three kids to a sleepover—only one survived Epic bridge fight ...

According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here's how they plan to crack the case. The James Webb Space Telescope is ...

A Hollywood woman narrowly escaped injury when the electric wheelchair she purchased from a thrift store exploded in her driveway minutes after she moved it outside. Alexandra Anaya's home security ...

DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

2026 is a big year for SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most ambitious rocket ever built. The third version of the still-in-development launch vehicle will debut soon (maybe), which will be the ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...