If I told you that yttrium had surged in price by nearly 1,500% this year, I bet your next question would be: "What the hell is yttrium and how do I pronounce it?" In the case of the latter, it's ...

Workers operate the extraction of Yttrium-90 glass microspheres irradiated in the "Hefu-1" unit at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyan, East China's Zhejiang Province on June 14. Photo: Courtesy ...

Yttrium has quietly moved from obscure chemistry charts into the center of a strategic scramble, as a once-plentiful rare earth suddenly looks like a bottleneck for modern technology. The element sits ...

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In the recent years scientists have intensified their research in the field of nanoparticles mainly due to the innovative and unexpected results that are achieved through altering of the atomic and ...

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd is expected to expand its capacity to produce yttrium from its Mount Weld mine and processing plant in Malaysia. (EPA Images pic) Rare-earth element yttrium oxide has hit an ...

Scientists have been showing increasing interest in the field of nanoparticle research mainly due to the interesting and unexpected outcomes that are possible by altering the atomic and molecular ...

A group of materials scientists has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride, Y3Pd2, can improve the efficiency of carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions. Their findings point the way to a ...

Peter Dinér describes the journey of yttrium from its discovery in a remote mine to high-temperature superconductors and light-emitting diodes. If you find yourself in Stockholm with some time to ...