Magnet makeover

A new family of magnets may be a first step toward organic versions of the familiar metal objects, researchers say.

STICK TO IT. A researcher holds a conventional magnet that attracts the dark powder, a new metal-organic magnet, in the vial. R. Jain and K. Kabir/Univ. of Victoria

Fabricating metal magnets requires high temperatures, notes Robin G. Hicks, a chemist at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.