As if the sheer magnetism aspect of magnets wasn't magical enough, weblog Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories points out 17 very cool tricks that put your magnets to great use. For starters, a strong ...

Think refrigerator magnets are for shopping lists and works of youthful art? Think again. Researchers around the world are trying to revolutionize refrigeration by bringing magnets into the cold. A ...

Magnets are big-time materials, finding roles in products ranging from motors to medical-imaging systems. Now, a team of engineers’ improvement of a custom-made magnetic material increases the odds ...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Science isn’t always the most popular subject, but there’s one museum trying to change that. Explora, a museum described as part science center and part kids museum, joined KRQE’s ...

At one time giant blocks of ice were the best solution we could come up with for keeping food cold. That primitive approach was eventually replaced by electric refrigerators using compressors and ...

Superconducting magnets are freakin’ awesome. You should know this already. But the folks at the Royal Institution took it a step further with their futuristic upside-down, Möbius strip track that’s ...

I'm a nerd, but magnets are cool, really cool. Yet, I'm still not sold on Jishaku, "the game of magnetic action." On its Web site, Jishaku describes itself as being a game "like chess or checkers" ...

National MagLab creates world-record magnetic field with small, compact coil A magnet housed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida, has set a record for the strongest ...

Making DIY clay magnets is easier than you think. Kids and adults alike will love making this easy polymer clay craft idea for their fridge! Oven bake clay is so easy to work with that even young ...

Future iPhones and iPads could come with a new cooling system that uses magnets to circulate fluids and transfer heat. If your state allows it and you've put an iPhone on a car mount in your window, ...

When my fingers are covered in egg, or I want to use my iPad as a second-screen when working at my Mac, or when I’m performing computer surgery and I want to keep iFixIt in the corner of my eye, there ...