What do EVs, fighter jets and digital cameras have in common? Rare earth elements that are wanted everywhere but only sourced in some places.

Making your own fridge magnets is a great way to save money while sprucing up your appliance, but there are a few tips you ...

USA Rare Earth is racing to create a production line for neodymium magnets, aiming to reduce U.S. reliance on China’s rare ...

Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests that ...

Rare earth magnets are in a lot of everyday items, and make a lot of your most basic electronics work, but they're also an ...

The scientific team of Dr. Miloslav Polášek at IOCB Prague has developed a new method of separating the rare earth elements, or lanthanides, which are ...

Close contact - within about 3cm - with a neodymium magnet is enough to destabilise these life-saving heart devices, Heart Rhythm journal reports. The authors suggest manufacturers include a health ...

The strongest permanent magnets today contain a mix of the elements neodymium and iron. However, neodymium on its own does not behave like any known magnet, confounding researchers for more than a ...

Lenz’s Law is one of those physics tricks that look like magic if you don’t understand what’s happening. [Seth Robinson] was inspired by the way eddy currents cause a cylindrical neodymium ...

With a theoretical (BH)max of around 335kJ/m 3, magnets made from the stuff would be nearly as strong as the best neodymium ones, while being even more heat-resistant. And its ingredients are common.

Big digs. Demand for rare earths is expected to explode in the coming decades, driven largely by the increased need for neodymium-based magnets. These magnets, ...