Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite a splash in the public imagination. The amount of magnetic energy packed into these tiny, shiny ...

Niron Magnetics aims to use cheap, widely available materials to make magnets for EVs and wind turbines. The motor in your vacuum cleaner and the one in your electric vehicle likely have at least one ...

The breakthrough has occurred at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), which is located at Palacký University Olomouc. The basis of the breakthrough is with an ultra-thin ...

Contrary to their name, rare-earth magnets are not made from rare materials; they are nevertheless the most powerful permanent magnets. The term “rare-earth” originates from the 17 elements in the ...

It's a strange scientific phenomenon: ultra-thin magnets are solid, but when zapped with lasers, they actually behave like fluids. This fact has been known by academics for years. When an ultra-thin ...

Researchers have discovered how magnets recover after being blasted by a laser. It turns out, they act a bit like oil and water in a jar. For years, researchers have pursued a strange phenomenon: When ...

We've seen a few hybrid tablet stylus/ballpoint pens kicking around, but the Polar Pen, with its barrel made out of rare earth magnets, takes the absolute biscuit. Michelle Starr Science editor ...