arbitraryaardvark's Journal: latest submission: cheaper magnets

Scientists at Northeastern U in Boston have found a cheaper way to make rare earth magnets, which could lead to better motors and generators and have applications from cars to guitars, reports EEtimes.com.
Samarium cobalt magnets, wiki, have been around a generation but were expensive as well as brittle.
Electronics Weekly explains the new process. PhysOrg broke the story last month, for those of you who don't read Applied Physics Letters.