Within the deposits of extinct volcanoes around the world, a mysterious magma may be Earth’s new source for rare metals. This iron-rich magma could be full of the metals that help power some of the ...

Rare earth metals are becoming more and more in-demand as we move toward a clean energy future, but the distribution of these metals means that their extraction can be incredibly damaging. Right now, ...

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes ...