Have you ever wondered how switchable magnets work? Not electromagnets, but those permanent magnet fixtures like the ones that hold dial indicators to machine tools, or the big, powerful chucks for ...

Lifting sheets or steel products in the automotive/robotic industries; Automatic robot handling of both flat, formed or perforated steel sheets; Separating the top sheet from a stack: This is ...

[Chris Borge] was doing some fine tapping operations, and wanted a better way to position his workpieces. This was critical to avoid breaking taps or damaging parts. To this end, he whipped up a ...

image: X-ray photons scattered from a patterned array of nanoscale magnets acquire a twist that is related to orbital angular momentum. The X-ray beams can be switched on and off with temperature and ...