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 ...
Trump invoked the 69-year-old Defense Production Act to remedy what he called “a shortfall” in production of the super-strong magnets made with rare-earth minerals neodymium and samarium. President ...
THE HUMBLE magnet may not seem to belong alongside steel, microchips and oil as a chess piece in the great diplomatic game. But on April 4th, as part of its retaliation against America’s tariffs, ...
Apple announced a new commitment Tuesday to buy $500 million worth of American-made rare earth magnets from Texas-based MP Materials. The raw material will go into iPhones, MacBooks and more. In ...
RIKEN physicists have discovered for the first time why the magnitude of the electron flow depends on direction in a special ...
The president made the comment while discussing how every day products such as vehicles and computers require magnets to operate, and to support his administration's threat of high tariffs on goods ...
Libor Šmejkal has a fondness for the artwork of M. C. Escher, whose work was often inspired by mathematics. One of Šmejkal’s favourite pieces is Horseman, a striking picture that features an elaborate ...
Elected officials, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, shovel dirt during a groundbreaking event at Niron Magnetics’ new manufacturing facility in ...
Since early April, China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and other technologies. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, ...