The world's first practical plastic magnet has been created at the University of Durham, according to a report in New Scientist magazine. After three months of mostly fruitless experiments, ...

An ultrafast, low-cost computer that boots up instantly and safeguards data in case of a crash may sound like a mythical fairy tale beast, but the idea behind it comes from less fanciful stuff: the ...

Craig Dorrell wrote in with a pointer to a story that I'm sure you'll be attracted to (boo, hiss). Scientists at the University of Nebraska have successfully managed to create ferromagnetism in non ...

The world's first organic polymer magnet has just made its debut; soon, you may be able to scrap those metal magnets and pull out a plastic version. A team of scientists from the University of ...

A magnet made of plastic material instead of iron has been developed by researchers at Ohio State University and the Du Pont Central Research Laboratory, scientists said Thursday. The discovery-the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A scientist at the University of Nebraska has created a plastic magnet by aggregating specially designed organic molecules into a bulk material. Some 13 years of focused research ...

British scientists have developed the world’s first practical plastic magnet. The breakthrough could lead to new advances in computing and medical applications. In the past, magnets were always metal.

The world's first practical plastic magnet has been created at the University of Durham, according to a report in New Scientist magazine. After three months of mostly fruitless experiments, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers at Ohio State University and their colleagues have expanded the possibilities for a new kind of electronics, known as spintronics. Though spintronics technology has yet ...

Rupert started off as a nerdy lad expecting to be an electronics engineer, but having tried it for a while discovered that journalism was more fun. He ended up on PC Magazine in the early '90s, before ...

London - British scientists have developed the world's first practical plastic magnet. The breakthrough could lead to new advances in computing and medical applications. In the past, magnets were ...