All the world’s discarded phones, bricked laptops, and other trashed electronics are collectively a treasure trove of rare earth elements (REEs). But separating out and recovering these increasingly ...

These new iron-nitride magnets are stronger, cleaner to make, and made from domestic iron-salt waste and nitrogen. UPDATE 10/20/2025: Niron Magnetics just broke ground on its commercial magnet ...

These new iron-nitride magnets are stronger, cleaner to make, and made from domestic iron-salt waste and nitrogen. Science is slowly chipping away at the various environmental and geopolitical ...

In what could very well end up being a major breakthrough for the technology industry, researchers at from Tohoku University (Japan) have successfully produced a completely rare-Earth-free, ...

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have ...

Niron Magnetics has announced a project in collaboration with Stellantis to develop a new generation of electric motor designs for automotive use using magnets free of rare-earth elements. Niron’s ...

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors. BMW is using motors without ...