On April 1—no joke—the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s troubling new standard for magnet sets was slated to go into effect. However, thanks to the efforts of the sole remaining distributor of ...

Ather Energy joined a growing list of automotive companies sounding the alarm bells on the ongoing rare earth magnet crisis, triggered by import restrictions placed by China. According to Tarun Mehta, ...

A nationwide ban on tiny magnet balls has been temporarily lifted. The ban went into effect on April 1, though only briefly. That afternoon, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay ...

Some magnets can be turned on and off. There are two kinds of magnets: temporary and permanent. Find out the difference and why discovering how to turn a magnet on and off changed our world.

In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted gave a demonstration on electricity to a class of advanced students at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Using an early battery prototype, he looked to see what ...

Magnets are everywhere in our daily lives, even if we don’t always notice them. From holding up notes on the fridge to powering complex machines, magnetism plays a crucial role in technology, science, ...