Traditional iron magnets have been used in consumer products for hundreds of years, but they do have some limitations in terms of magnetic power and adaptability. In the 1980s, scientists used 17 rare ...

The strongest permanent magnets today contain a mix of the elements neodymium and iron. However, neodymium on its own does not behave like any known magnet, confounding researchers for more than a ...

A UK company has recorded super strong magnets in slow motion crushing everyday items. Magnet Expert Ltd used two powerful neodymium magnets to crush an iPhone, a cup of Rainbow drops, an apple, and a ...

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications like electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium (a rare-earth element) of a standard iron, boron, neodymium ...

Mossander separated a previously unidentified rose coloured oxide from cerite in 1841. He believed that the oxide contained a new element which he names didymium, as it was the inseparable twin ...