Magnetic materials are an important component of mechatronic devices such as wind power stations, electric motors, sensors and magnetic switch systems. Magnets are usually produced using rare earths ...

Researchers at a U.S. government nuclear fusion laboratory say they have found a way to downsize the huge magnets that are necessary for controlling fusion plasma in what they think is another step ...

(Nanowerk News) Magnetic materials play important roles in electrical products. These materials are usually manufactured by means of established production techniques and use of rare earth metals.

ONE April night in 1820, the Danish experimentalist Hans Christian Øersted made a remarkable discovery. By bringing an electrical wire near a compass lying on his workbench, he found its needle could ...

There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Physicists at The University of Texas at El Paso have created a powerful new magnet with potential for changing quantum computing. Associate Professor of Physics at UTEP ...

From wind turbines and electric motors to sensors and magnetic switching systems: permanent magnets are used in many different electrical applications. The production of these magnets usually involves ...