Scientists have made a new material that is both liquid and magnetic, opening the door to a new area of science in magnetic soft matter. The new material could lead to a revolutionary class of ...

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 ...

Whether the application is at an automobile shredder yard, a material recovery facility (MRF), a C&D recycler or a slag recovery operation, magnets are capable of performing somewhere within these ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

This week’s cover story, “Magnetic Attraction,” tells the tale of Zen Magnets, a Denver company founded in 2009 by University of Colorado grad Shihan Qu. The company sells — you guessed it — magnets.

There was a time when magnets were the most terrifying things in computing. Magnets erased floppy disks and tape cassettes and even hard drives. But in the modern era, magnets are our friends. Apple ...

ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 4 -- Rare-earth magnets -- now being packaged into necklaces and bracelets -- may have a deadly attraction for people with pacemakers and implanted defibrillators, warn ...