Automakers and aerospace firms are accelerating rare-earth-free motor designs as dependence on neodymium becomes a liability.

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to automobiles — have been awarded the 44th Honda Prize. In 1982, two researchers working ...

While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they're not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets ...

Traditional iron magnets have been used in consumer products for hundreds of years, but they do have some limitations in terms of magnetic power and adaptability. In the 1980s, scientists used 17 rare ...

Magnets made of rare-earth metals like neodymium are commonly used in the generators found in offshore wind turbines. Turbines with neodymium magnets generally need less maintenance than those without ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla's shift to a magnetic motor using neodymium in its Model 3 Long Range car adds to pressure on already strained supplies of a rare earth metal that had for years been shunned ...

Children are at an increased risk of swallowing "high-powered, rare-earth" neodymium magnets after rules that banned them from appearing in toys like building sets and spinning toys were lifted ...

Dublin, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Neodymium Magnet Market - Forecasts from 2025 to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Neodymium Magnet Market is ...

A World War I-era warhead and a dead blacktip shark attached to a metal hook are just some of the things magnet fishers have retrieved around the U.S. since the hobby spiked in popularity following ...

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications like electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium (a rare-earth element) of a standard iron, boron, neodymium ...