Can you actually generate limitless electricity using rare earth magnets? We build and test this viral physics gadget.

Japanese engineers built a magnet-free electric motor with a plastic rotor, opening a surprising path for future machines.

Electric motors are everywhere—from the cars we drive to the appliances in our homes—but most rely on rare earth magnets that come with high costs and environmental challenges. A new wave of ...

China controls about 90% of the entire global supply of rare earth magnets, including their mining and refining. That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors ...

If you want to buy an electric vehicle or another device with an electric motor, chances are that motor will contain a magnet made with rare-earth minerals. These are compounds like neodymium and ...

Scientists at Penn State and Saint Louis University have demonstrated that a magnetic quantum ...

Schematic of power generation by the thermoelectric permanent magnet, and a photograph of the artificially tilted multilayer consisting of a SmCo 5-type magnet and Bi 0.2 Sb 1.8 Te 3. The ...

Niron Magnetics has announced a project in collaboration with Stellantis to develop a new generation of electric motor designs for automotive use using magnets free of rare-earth elements. Niron’s ...