We can all use a little extra light on occasion. Even if you’ve lived in your home for years, there can still be a stray bag, dog toy, pile of LEGO, or something else waiting to trip you up or ...

The lighting in my shop sucks. It’s easy to understand why I’ve taken up a bit of an infatuation with work lights. Now, don’t get me wrong, the real solution is to install some good permanent lighting ...

Vinod M. Menon and his research group at The City College of New York shows that trapping light inside magnetic materials may dramatically enhance their intrinsic properties. Strong optical responses ...

Sports enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers looking for a quick way to add light to their helmets may be interested in a new flashlight and magnetic helmet light created by a team of engineers based in ...

As the name suggests the Magbulb is a unique magnetic light bulb socket that can enable you to quickly connect and change bulbs compatible with both E26 and E27 connections. Watch the demonstration ...

Reelight’s bike lights have been keeping cyclists safe for more than 10 years, but the team behind them is now aiming to score Kickstarter backing for an upgraded design. If you’ve not heard of ...

Engineers have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor research. Magnet engineers worldwide have been trying to ...

Low-cost, flexible electronics and better computer data storage might result from the world's first light-tunable plastic magnet, just developed at Ohio State University. With colleagues at the ...

Led by researchers at Lancaster University, the international team showed that subtle electronic effects can greatly amplify ...

A team of US researchers from the universities of Ohio State and Utah has developed the first magnetic plastic whose magnetism is tuned by light. The plastic becomes 1.5 times more magnetic when blue ...