Today, materials scientist Peter Mullner answers a child’s question about magnets: ‘What are magnets made of, and how do they ...

Apples and magnet. For this experiment you need to build suspension from chop sticks. Put 2 apples at opposite ends of the ...

If you want a strong magnet, the obvious answer is to buy one. However, for a variety of reasons, you might want to combine several smaller magnets. There are a few ways to do this, but the Halbach ...

There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when electrical current flows through it. The last time the scientists who operate ...

Germany's Vacuumschmelze (VAC), one of the few rare earth magnet producers outside China, aims to expand output at a new U.S. plant with Washington's support - in contrast to tepid backing for similar ...