Australia-based Ionic Rare Earths Limited (IonicRE) and US Strategic Metals (USSM) have signed a memorandum of understanding ...

Recognition as one of 200 world-changing innovations validates the need for Niron Magnetics’ rare earth-free magnet technology as demand for permanent magnets rises MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niron ...

MINNEAPOLIS — From everyday electronics to industrial machines, permanent magnets are just about everywhere. Most are made using rare-earth materials. But a University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...

Researchers have unveiled a new magnetic cloaking device that can render sensitive objects invisible to detection.

With $100 million in funding, Niron looks to scale up production of permanent magnets without using rare-earth materials from China, which pose a national security risk. In an industrial area of ...

Inside an office park in northeast Minneapolis last week, a local musician played “The Star-Spangled Banner” on an electric guitar — Jimi Hendrix style — for a bipartisan crowd of politicians and ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the world’s first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, today announced that its Clean Earth Magnet™ has been named ...