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  • Apple's obsession with magnets could mean better cooling for your next Mac

    Ferrofluids + magnets = awesome cooling solution

    Blog posts | January 28, 2012 4:12am PST

  • Apple looks at magnetic induction to power mobile devices

    According to a recent patent, Apple may extend the power range of its mobile devices with the help of a tiny electromagnetic induction system.

    Blog posts | March 10, 2011 10:38pm PST

  • SmartPlanet: Treating curvature of the spine with magnets

    Stopping scoliosis usually requires a series of painful operations to implant rods and screws to adjust the spine. Even then, the results are often less than perfect. However, a medical team at...

    Blog posts | August 18, 2010 2:00am PDT

  • LHC cooled to operational temperatures

    All sectors of the world's largest particle accelerator have now been cooled to operational temperatures of approximately -271°C.

    News items | October 20, 2009 5:50am PDT

  • Hadron Collider's mysterious disappearing magnets

    It's beginning to seem that the Large Hadron Collider may never be able to produce the gargantuan amount of energy that caused many to fear it would create a world-ending black hole. The Times...

    Blog posts | August 4, 2009 10:23am PDT

  • Repairs on track for Large Hadron Collider

    Cern announced the completion of the LHC's above-ground repair work. And work is still going on below ground to connect the 53 reinstalled magnets.

    News items | May 1, 2009 8:57am PDT

  • Researchers develop micro-robot

    Canadian researchers have developed a tiny flying robot which can be moved through three dimensions using electro-magnets.

    News items | April 10, 2009 6:22am PDT

  • Pacemaker problem not about the iPod

    What they have found is that keeping a powerful magnet very near a pacemaker or defibrillator, an inch away or less, may temporarily degauss the pacemaker, causing a temporary malfunction.

    Blog posts | November 10, 2008 8:04am PST

  • LHC shuts down for 2 months over faulty wiring

    Update: CERN now says the LHC won't restart until April. The two-month delay moves the LHC to late November on the calendar, and the machine has to shut down for the winter to avoid huge energy...

    Blog posts | September 22, 2008 3:55pm PDT

  • Photos: MythBusters go under water

    Can magnets control sharks' movements? During their Shark Week episode, the MythBusters will look into several commonly held ideas about the creatures.

  • Nanomagnetic sponges to clean artwork?

    Italian scientists have found a very innovative and gentle way 'for cleaning and conserving priceless oil paintings, marble sculptures and other works of art,' according to the American Chemical...

    Blog posts | September 4, 2007 9:45am PDT

  • Crazy purchase - Death magnet!

    DEATH MAGNET - With a name like that I just had to buy one!

    Blog posts | August 16, 2007 2:32pm PDT

  • Turning cancer cells into nanomagnets

    In its tomorrow issue, New Scientist reports that researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) had a brilliant idea to make bone-marrow biopsies more efficient for patients affected by...

    Blog posts | July 13, 2007 9:45am PDT

  • Image Gallery: ABACUS Smart Watch 2006

    It has been kind of quiet on the MSN Direct front over the last year or so, but ABACUS has released five different models in the last few months that have improved significantly on the older SPOT...

  • Cracking open a Maxtor hard drive

    What is inside a hard drive exactly. TechRepublic cracks one open to find out.

  • It's time for SPOT

    At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chairman Bill Gates talks about the company's Smart Personal Object Technology, which will appear in watches and magnets in the fall.

    Videos | January 9, 2003 8:46am PST

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