Two of the same poles will repel. We use magnets everyday on many things, from the toys you play with, to the things you might find at home, to really big magnets in this scrap metal yard.

Not electromagnets, but those permanent magnet fixtures like the ones that hold dial indicators to machine tools, or the big, powerful chucks for surface grinders that can be mysteriously ...

The government has announced an investment of £410m in fusion energy over the next year, as well as a shortlist of companies to work on STEP, the UK's next big fusion project. STEP needs ...

Who loves tidying their bedroom?Er, no, not me.OK, me neither, but I do love to recycle.When our recycled bottlesand packets get to a recycling plant, a big magnet is usedto help separate the ...