Today, materials scientist Peter Mullner answers a child’s question about magnets: ‘What are magnets made of, and how do they ...

You’ve worked hard to get someone onto your website. And then what? They click around for 30 seconds and disappear… No enquiry, no email, nothing.

The quest for the world's strongest magnet faced a surprisingly violent problem: they kept exploding. At least, that was the issue facing a group of scientists at the National High Magnetic Field ...

A souvenir magnet may only cost a few dollars at a gift shop, but one theory suggests that putting them on your fridge could spike the appliance's energy usage.