We've seen a few hybrid tablet stylus/ballpoint pens kicking around, but the Polar Pen, with its barrel made out of rare earth magnets, takes the absolute biscuit. Michelle Starr Science editor ...

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, ...

After Beijing exerted its power over the valuable magnets as leverage, other countries started to add production, but only incrementally. And China is far ahead. After Beijing exerted its power over ...

President Donald Trump went on yet another rant about magnets, this time telling reporters that “nobody knows” what they are. Trump took questions in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, where CNN’s ...

Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who has covered ...

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 ...