NAPA (AP) – A new wine gadget promises to save pennies and palates by using magnets – yes, magnets – to give brash young wines some polish. Skeptics scoff, but the Bev Wizard, retailing at $30, is ...

In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted gave a demonstration on electricity to a class of advanced students at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Using an early battery prototype, he looked to see what ...

Scientists have made a new material that is both liquid and magnetic, opening the door to a new area of science in magnetic soft matter. The new material could lead to a revolutionary class of ...

Animal magnetism may be a more literal concept than it's given credit for, according to a new study that finds that people are more attracted to their romantic partners after playing with magnets. The ...

Whether the application is at an automobile shredder yard, a material recovery facility (MRF), a C&D recycler or a slag recovery operation, magnets are capable of performing somewhere within these ...

A team of Georgia Tech and Ohio State University researchers has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape memory polymer, that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of ...

There was a time when magnets were the most terrifying things in computing. Magnets erased floppy disks and tape cassettes and even hard drives. But in the modern era, magnets are our friends. Apple ...

Carnac have been a top brand for several years and for 2011 they bring a new twist on closure systems with the adjustable, flexible magnetic closure system (MCS). There have been a lot of different ...

Video of three ferromagnetic liquid droplets containing iron oxide nanoparticle dispersions shaped into cylinders using a microfluidic device, and then locked in shape by the formation of magnetic ...