The industry ministry plans to ban small, high-powered magnets as children’s toys in June following a spate of serious ingestion accidents. The sets contain shiny sphere- or cube-shaped magnets ...

In November 2025, India approved a 73bn-rupee ($800m; £600m) plan that could help it to cut its dependence on China in one of the most strategic corners of the global supply chain: rare earth magnets.

Fusion researchers have long known that powerful magnets are the key to turning star-like reactions into a practical power source, and the latest generation of “super magnets” is starting to look less ...