HOHHOT, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China will impose a tax on rare earth minerals starting April 1, according to a statement issued jointly by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxa

On April 18, 2011, Molycorp, a U.S. based producer of rare earth metals and owner of the largest rare earth mine outside of

Japan has been dealt a number of blows over the past few years which have put the country's high-tech production capacity at risk. Most recently, the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that

US, March 2010 – The world operates on energy. So it is not surprising that people are continually looking for cheaper energy. There are quite a few products in the market that boast the abil

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has just started producing collisions, but scientists and engineers have already made significant progress in preparing for future upgrades b

Magnets have many uses in industrial and power applications. For instance semiconductors are designed to have magnetic energy that can convey small and large quantities of information, so they are

Scientists have long speculated about the existence of magnetic materials that have only one pole, instead of both negative and postive poles. Even our resident mad scientist has written about the

A big issue in generating power from any renewable energy source is the cost of generation versus that for conventional hydrocarbon fuel sources. Wind energy is estimated to have the lowest cost of

Engineers and designers worldwide use MagNet to help them accurately model, analyze and predict the performance of their electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. MagNet

Microscopic magnetic particles have been attached to stem cells that are shown to help parts of the heart damaged by disease or a heart attack to heal.