News tagged with permanent magnet


Graphite mimics iron's magnetism

Graphite mimics iron's magnetism

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands show for the first time why ordinary graphite is a permanent magnet at room temperature. The results ...


Scientists find quick method to make magnets

Scientists find quick method to make magnets

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-strong, high-temperature, high-performance permanent magnet compounds, such as Samarium Cobalt, are the mainstay materials for several industries that rely on high-performance motor ...





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Domain Wall Pattern for a Ferromagnet

Using a magnet to tune a magnet

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 0

An international research team, led by scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), has found a way to switch a material’s magnetic properties from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’ and back again – something ...


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Ames Laboratory beefing up magnets for electric-drive cars

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 2

Ask Iver Anderson at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory about consumer interest in and desire for “ultragreen” electric-drive vehicles, and he’ll reply without a moment’s hesitation that the trend ...


Magnet Lab to Investigate Promising Superconductor

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Applied Superconductivity Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has received $1.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to understand and enhance a new form of superconducting ...


Trial raises doubts over alternative pain therapy for arthritis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic.


Physicists discover keys to improving magnet technology

Physics /

created Nov 18, 2005 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Permanent magnets are important in a broad variety of commercial technologies, from car starters to alternators for wind power generation to computer hard drives. Researchers at the U.S. DOE's Argonne National Laboratory ...


Magnetic atoms of gold, silver and copper have been obtained

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (48) | comments 3

An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and directed by Professor Jose Javier Saiz Garitaonandia, has achieved, ...


Technology behind the Personal Network

Technology behind the Personal Network

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts believe Personal Networks will run to a thousand devices by 2017, which presents an enormous networking challenge. European researchers are developing some very clever technology to ...


Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir

Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Sandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces.


The Network of Everything

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless experts believe that, by 2017, personal networks will have to cope with at least a thousand devices, like laptops, telephones, mp3 players, games, sensors and other technology. To link these devices ...


Magnetic Moondust

Magnetic Moondust

Space & Earth /

created Apr 05, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 0

Thirty-plus years ago on the moon, Apollo astronauts made an important discovery: Moondust can be a major nuisance. The fine powdery grit was everywhere and had a curious way of getting into things. Moondust ...



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