Thousands of sets of high-powered magnetic balls are being recalled after the toys were found to be too small and too strong to comply with "mandatory federal magnet regulation," the Consumer ...

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP SAN FRANCISCO — A federal agency on Friday recalled toys sold at Walmart.com containing powerful magnetic balls that could pose a hazard to ...

The toys, commonly called magnetic balls or cubes, typically measure around 3 to 5 millimeters each. The balls or cubes have a magnetic charge strong enough that they can be linked together to ...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Shenzhen Xiaoju Technology Company Magnetic Balls.

In this case, [Antonio] wished to create an encoder that could be attached to a bicycle wheel but needed to know what outer diameter would best fit a ring of magnetic balls perfectly, given that ...

A baby almost died after swallowing six magnetic metal balls from a children's toy. Leicester doctors performed a seven-hour emergency surgery on one-year-old Araya Whateley who had to have part ...

Britain's National Health Service (NHS) has issued a plea for a ban on the sale of magnetic balls due to a deadly trend on the video platform TikTok. Tiny magnetic balls, which are typically sold ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.