What is a hard drive? Everything you should know about the computer storage device

A hard drive, also known as a hard disk drive, is a storage device used on many computers that's prone to failure but offers ...
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Swirly lasers can control an ungovernable cousin of magnetism

Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which ...
EDN

Hard disk drives (HDDs) deserve their own “Moore’s Law”

Hard disk drives have advanced in capacity along a path roughly parallel to the well-known semiconductor premise.
The Florida Times-Union

Hypromag Achieves Further Technical Milestones as Piloting Ramps Up in Advance of Commercial Rare Earth Magnet Production in The Uk, Germany and USA

Hard disk drive (HDD) magnets continue to be an important feedstock for HyProMag with HPMS now succesfully demonstrated on at least 18 different morphologies of HDDs and commercial grade N45M and N42M ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

“Toaster-like” Process Recovers Rare Earths From E-waste

Compared to existing methods to recover rare earth elements, a process based on rapidly heating waste magnet material in the ...

China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths

China has tightened export controls on rare earths and other materials critical for advanced tech manufacturing as trade ...