Thousands of sets of high-powered magnetic balls sold at Walmart have been recalled after federal regulators issued a warning about the potential risk of choking, serious injuries and death. On Dec.

Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing manufacturers to find new technologies to stay one step ahead. Now, ...

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When you want to move an object from one place to another, you usually grab it with your hands or a robotic arm. But what if you want to move something you cannot touch without damaging or disrupting ...

Small shapes 3-D printed with a special magnetic ink can be remotely controlled with the wave of a magnet and made to move, carry objects and even catch a ball. Stuart McDill reports. 27,637 people ...

Reporter Ellie Mackay looks into how researchers developed 1 a printable magnetic material that can be programmed to jump, contract and catch a moving ball. Read the research.

A team of Georgia Tech and Ohio State University researchers has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape memory polymer, that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of ...

How could you build an artificial tadpole? Or simulate the motion of a cilium? Those would be hard to do with mechanical means — even micromechanical because of their fluid motion. Researchers have ...