High-power magnets undergird an enormous amount of modern society. From high-end audio speakers to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and fighter jets, they are a vital component in much of the ...

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to automobiles — have been awarded the 44th Honda Prize. In 1982, two researchers working ...

Traditional iron magnets have been used in consumer products for hundreds of years, but they do have some limitations in terms of magnetic power and adaptability. In the 1980s, scientists used 17 rare ...

How strong are rare earth magnets? Magnets are an integral part of many technologies and appliances in the 21st century. From tiny fridge magnets that hold to-do lists to powerful ones that create ...

When Masato Sagawa revolutionised industry by inventing a strange concoction of elements — neodymium, iron and boron — that could be powdered and sintered into an alloy of exceptional magnetic ...

A KIWI GRADE-SCHOOLER amazed his classmates with a remarkable feat of attraction. He suspended a spoon from his navel, held as if floating by an invisible attachment. An American preteen was the envy ...

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications like electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium (a rare-earth element) of a standard iron, boron, neodymium ...