Imagine not having to pay your electricity bills because a gigantic magnet surrounding the Earth produced power. Well, Earth indeed has a magnet like this, which is its magnetic field. When the fiery ...

For years, scientists have been trying to replicate the concept of nuclear fusion — the phenomenon that keeps the Sun and other stars alive — and turn it into a working reactor on Earth that can ...

Person wearing lab coat, safety goggles, and gloves holds a piece of black paper held by metal clamps Postdoctoral researcher Shichen Xu examines the carbon paper platform that holds powdered magnet ...

We each have our different approaches to monitoring energy consumption in our households. Some are vigilant about ensuring that every single appliance is switched off and unplugged before leaving home ...

In a controversial experiment, a team of physicists investigated whether we could harness the Earth’s rotational energy to generate electricity. It’s a deceptively simple idea that researchers have ...

Niron Magnetics, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has “developed and commercialised the first rare earth-free magnet ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the world’s first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, today announced that its Clean Earth Magnet™ has been named ...

In brief: A team of physicists believe it may be possible to harvest electricity using Earth's rotation through its own magnetic field, and they've published a paper involving a test that appears to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Minnesota-based company has opened its commercial pilot plant to ramp up rare earth-free permanent magnet production. Niron ...