Every once in a while, markets serve up a paradox so big it makes your head spin. That’s what’s happening right now with rare earth stocks — the most essential raw-material plays in the entire AI ...

Niron Magnetics aims to use cheap, widely available materials to make magnets for EVs and wind turbines. The motor in your vacuum cleaner and the one in your electric vehicle likely have at least one ...

Trump invoked the 69-year-old Defense Production Act to remedy what he called “a shortfall” in production of the super-strong magnets made with rare-earth minerals neodymium and samarium. President ...

UPDATE 10/20/2025: Niron Magnetics just broke ground on its commercial magnet production site in Sartell, Minnesota, which will become one of North America's largest magnet production it has expanded ...

Elected officials, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, shovel dirt during a groundbreaking event at Niron Magnetics’ new manufacturing facility in ...

Donald Trump is not known for sticking to the subject. Ask him about the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, his young and influential political ally, and he’ll pivot to talking about construction ...

Magnetic cilia -- artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles -- have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting objects ...

Libor Šmejkal has a fondness for the artwork of M. C. Escher, whose work was often inspired by mathematics. One of Šmejkal’s favourite pieces is Horseman, a striking picture that features an elaborate ...

Editor’s Note: Every major technological revolution needs a foundation. And for the AI boom, that foundation isn’t silicon chips. It’s magnets. Every once in a while, markets serve up a paradox so big ...