Editor’s Note: Every major technological revolution needs a foundation. And for the AI boom, that foundation isn’t silicon chips. It’s magnets. Right now, the same materials that power your EV motor ...

THE HUMBLE magnet may not seem to belong alongside steel, microchips and oil as a chess piece in the great diplomatic game. But on April 4th, as part of its retaliation against America’s tariffs, ...

Creating strong permanent magnets without using so-called rare earth elements is an ongoing topic of research. An interesting contestant here are iron nitride magnets (α”-Fe 16 N 2), which have the ...