Magnets

Technology November 12, 2019

Magnetic Building Blocks for Robotics – Can Be Assembled Into Shapes and Controlled by Magnetic Fields

ETH scientists have developed cube-shaped magnetic building blocks that can be assembled into two-dimensional shapes and controlled by an external magnetic field. They can be…

New Technique Replaces $200,000 Magnet With One From a Hobby Shop

Science October 30, 2017

New Technique Allows Researchers to Use Low-Intensity Magnets to Control Block Copolymers

Engineers at the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale have discovered a technique for modifying self-assembled polymers that allows their structure to be…

Biology October 9, 2012

Magnets Used to Eradicate Cancer Cells

A group of South Korean researchers has developed a new method to cause cell death in both living fish and lab bowel cancer cells using…