The company is focusing on metals like niobium, tantalum, and nickel rather than steel. The startup Boston Metal has raised a $75 million funding round to produce critical metals, MIT Technology ...

A newly published report by Indonesia’s human rights commission, Komnas HAM, includes new evidence of environmental and public health harms caused by the nickel mining industry in eastern Indonesia.

Tehran residents on Monday cautiously welcomed an initial agreement between Iran and the United States to further extend a shaky ceasefire in the Iran war.

Nickel rose to the highest in almost two years, as reduced mining quotas in major producer Indonesia and a global sulfur shortage tighten the supply outlook for the battery metal. Futures in London ...

Last year, the United States Mint pressed the last penny. Penny preservationists warned that the death of the one-cent coin might seed dire consequences: coin shortages at checkout counters; confusion ...

A changing world demands a resilient response. The United Nations employs a diverse range of mechanisms and tools to prevent conflict, foster people-centered, peaceful resolutions, and build ...

In 2024, NASA's Perseverance rover found surprising levels of Nickel in the Martian bedrock of an ancient river channel, called Neretva Vallis, which flowed into the Jezero crater. A new study, ...

Agentic AI technology is marked by a lack of disclosure about risks. Some systems are worse than others. AI developers need to step up and take responsibility. Editor's note: This article has been ...

AUGUSTA – Donald Frank Stultz, 90, of Augusta, passed away on Feb. 12, 2026. Born June 14, 1935, in Gardiner, he was the son of Frank M. Stultz and Eleanor M. (Davidson) Stultz. He grew up in central ...

“Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.” This was one of Barbara Lee Stultz’s myriad sayings. She repeated it (and many other maxims) throughout her life. The bear finally caught ...

China will allow foreigners to invest in domestic nickel and lithium futures, part of Beijing’s efforts to boost its influence in global commodities markets. Nickel and lithium carbonate are among 14 ...

A 48-year-old man was behind both the Brown University shooting that killed two and injured nine and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline, officials said Thursday night. He took his own life ...