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 ...

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 ...

[Erich] is the middle of building a new competition sumo bot for 2018. He’s trying to make this one as open and low-cost as humanly possible. So far it’s going pretty well, and the quest to make DIY ...

Stanford Magnets the leading magnet manufacturer announced today that it will donate magnets to schools all across California. The magnets can be used to enhance creative hands on learning in ...

Magnet fisher James Kane cradles a shiny, four-pound magnetic disk: a stainless-steel shell housing an alloy of iron, neodymium and boron. He hucks it into a lake in a public park in New York City, ...

Can a magnet destroy the hard drive inside a PC? If so, how strong a magnet does it have to be? I ask because I dropped a refrigerator magnet onto my PC and I'm worried that it might be damaged. Yes, ...