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, ...

An atomic force microscopy image (top) and a magnetic force microscopy image (bottom) show the chain alignment in the magnetized polymer. Photo courtesy of the University of Durham Physics and OEM ...

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 ...

British scientists have developed the world’s first practical plastic magnet. The breakthrough could lead to new advances in computing and medical applications. In the past, magnets were always metal.

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 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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Low-cost, flexible electronics and better computer data storage might result from the world's first light-tunable plastic magnet, just developed at Ohio State University. With ...

Most plastic-cleanup machines try to catch trash. But Moroti Adegboyega thought it about changing the trash instead. The ...