[Seth Robinson] was inspired by the way eddy currents cause a cylindrical neodymium magnet to levitate inside a rotating copper tube, so he cast a spherical copper cage to levitate a magnetic sphere.

Japan, renowned for its technological innovations, is on the brink of revolutionizing the automotive industry with the development of magnetic levitation (maglev) cars. This groundbreaking ...

The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as ...

On the other hand, they don't show up in slow-speed transit services all that often, since the energy used to levitate a ... too – a neodymium-enhanced magnet loses less than 5% of its magnetism ...

In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists used a levitated magnet to search for dark matter, the unidentified substance believed to be present throughout the cosmos. If dark matter is made up of ...

A new study published in Applied Physics Letters highlights how researchers have made huge breakthroughs in magnetic levitation, the use of magnets to cause items to levitate in air for extended ...

A team of researchers at the Quantum Machines Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan have showed off a small piece of "gravity-free" graphite to levitate almost ...

The element bismuth can "float" between magnets due to magnetic levitation. What's the science behind this phenomenon? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

High school student Gavin Gilbreath Mann watches a magnet levitate over a superconductor cooled by liquid nitrogen. The superconductor's special properties lock the magnet into place, where it ...

A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart devices with deadly consequences. Close contact - within about 3cm - with a neodymium ...

The CXF-22 and CXF-24B Sneaker Basel Magnetic Levitation Sneaker Displays have been hit with a recall notice. The shoes contain magnets in the heels, which makes them levitate in the display.