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What you need to know about rare earths, Nobel Prize breakthroughs

This week's must-know in tech and science: Rare earths are back in the spotlight as the world reassesses its dependence on China for these critical minerals. On the global stage, the Nobel Prizes honored transformative discoveries – from chemists who revealed a universe within a cube to medical researchers whose breakthroughs in immune tolerance could revolutionize treatments for autoimmune diseases and organ transplants. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists made a major advance in plasma control for fusion energy, bringing the dream of a clean and virtually limitless "artificial sun" closer to reality.