Rupert started off as a nerdy lad expecting to be an electronics engineer, but having tried it for a while discovered that journalism was more fun. He ended up on PC Magazine in the early '90s, before ...
An ultrafast, low-cost computer that boots up instantly and safeguards data in case of a crash may sound like a mythical fairy tale beast, but the idea behind it comes from less fanciful stuff: the ...
Craig Dorrell wrote in with a pointer to a story that I'm sure you'll be attracted to (boo, hiss). Scientists at the University of Nebraska have successfully managed to create ferromagnetism in non ...
The world's first organic polymer magnet has just made its debut; soon, you may be able to scrap those metal magnets and pull out a plastic version. A team of scientists from the University of ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cardboard boxes of plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and sandwich bags are too ugly and messy to store out on kitchen counters. However, one ...
The world’s first plastic magnet to work at room temperature has passed the elementary test of magnetism. Its creators at the University of Durham in the UK have used it to pick up iron filings from a ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — A scientist at the University of Nebraska has created a plastic magnet by aggregating specially designed organic molecules into a bulk material. Some 13 years of focused research ...
The world's first practical plastic magnet has been created at the University of Durham, according to a report in New Scientist magazine. After three months of mostly fruitless experiments, ...
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