When Canadian pop star Justin Bieber first laid eyes on Rolls-Royce’s outrageous one-off 103EX concept, he knew he simply had to have it. Problem was, Rolls-Royce wasn’t selling. So ‘The Bieb’ did what all people with unlimited means do – … Continue reading →

The first self-sufficient and truly autonomous cars appeared in the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University’s Navlab and ALV projects in 1984 and Mercedes-Benz and Bundeswehr University Munich’s Eureka Prometheus Project in 1987. Which country will have self-driving cars first? “Germany … Continue reading →

Lexus was named the Best Overall Luxury Brand and Most Trusted Luxury Brand by Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards for 2017 and 2016. Edmunds’ Most Wanted Awards went to Lexus for the RX 350 (luxury compact SUV) and the … Continue reading →

How many Tesla vehicles were delivered in 2020? Tesla’s vehicle deliveries in 2020 amounted to just under 500,000 units. How many Teslas sold 2021? In 2020, the company sold about 500,000 electric cars, which means that the base for 2021 … Continue reading →

Aug. 1, 2001 — Despite the horrific MRI accident that caused the death of 6-year-old Michael Colombini earlier this week in Valhalla, N.Y., many medical experts reiterate that the use of the imaging test is safe when used appropriately. Can … Continue reading →

Ceramic magnets (also known as “Ferrite” magnets) are part of the permanent magnet family, and the lowest cost, hard magnets available today. Composed of strontium carbonate and iron oxide, ceramic (ferrite) magnets are medium in magnetic strength and can be … Continue reading →

So any magnet will slowly weaken over time. However, heating or dropping a magnet will hasten this process.This jostles the magnetic domains and means that they gradually become jumbled up. The more often this happens, the weaker the magnet becomes. … Continue reading →

A: Pure diamond is not magnetic. If you’re lucky, your mum may have gotten a real diamond with some small magnetic impurities.If you’re unlucky, that strong magnetism may come from some entirely different clear crystal. Do diamonds have a magnetic … Continue reading →

Bullet-resistant glass is constructed using layers of laminated glass. The more layers there are, the more protection the glass offers. When a weight reduction is needed 3mm of polycarbonate (a thermoplastic) is laminated onto the safe side to stop spall.The … Continue reading →

The United States has lost the railgun wars. After more than 15 years and half a billion dollars in funding, the Navy’s dream of building an electromagnetic railgun capable of nailing targets up to 100 nautical miles away at velocities … Continue reading →

Black holes do not possess any electrical charge. Because of the way in which black holes form, they have no electrical charge. Furthermore, the Universe is believed to be electrically neutral, so black holes are unlikely to possess a charge. … Continue reading →

The magnetic field of a magnetar would be lethal even at a distance of 1000 km due to the strong magnetic field distorting the electron clouds of the subject’s constituent atoms, rendering the chemistry of life impossible…. Can you kill … Continue reading →

Having an electric car charger installed at your home may raise concerns that anybody with an electric car can use it. Our editor Danny Morgan explains why that is very unlikely and how you can protect against this issue. Installing … Continue reading →

Typically, no. Most bullets aren’t ferromagnetic – they aren’t attracted to magnets. Bullets are usually made of lead, maybe with a copper jacket around them, neither of which sticks to a magnet.The magnet might impart some force on the bullet … Continue reading →

If you want something to levitate, you need to generate a nonuniform magnetic field. A large magnet on the ground is one way to do this, but it leads to instability. And you’d have to keep the magnet with you … Continue reading →