Research & Development

Microrobots Carrying Medicine Find their Way Magnetically Through the Bloodstream

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a microrobot capable of transporting drugs to specific locations within the body, with the potential for use in hospitals in the near future. A magnetic navigation system enables reliable control in the bloodstream and in complex brain structures. The technology has been successfully tested in realistic vessel models and in large animals and could pave the way for novel therapies in the future, particularly for strokes. […]

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MIT Researchers’ New Fabrication Technique Produces Soft, Microscopic Structures with Magnetically Activated Moving Parts.

The new type of soft magnetic hydrogel could be the basis for soft, microscopic, magnetically responsive robots and materials. Such magno-bots could be used in medicine, for instance to release drugs or grab biopsies when directed by an external magnet. […]

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World’s Largest Superconducting Magnet Test Facility Now Operational at ITER

The ITER Organization recently announced the start of operations at its Magnet Cold Test Facility following the successful cooldown of the first magnet coil to 4 Kelvin (K), or minus 269 °C. The facility will allow ITER to test selected superconducting magnets at their operating temperature of 4 K and up to full current before installation in the machine. […]

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Scientific Magnetics Ships 20th Quantum Computing Magnet 

Scientific Magnetics, an Oxfordshire, UK-based developer and manufacturer of advanced superconducting and resistive magnet systems reports that it has shipped its 20th superconducting magnet for quantum computing applications. Located in Abingdon south of Oxford, SciMag has over 30 years’ expertise in environmental factors that directly affect qubit noise performance, positioning the company as a key partner for qubit magnet technologies, from design and manufacture to site qualification. […]

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Spintronics at BESSY II: Real-time Analysis of Magnetic Bilayer Systems

Spintronic devices enable data processing with significantly lower energy consumption. They are based on the interaction between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers. Now, a team from Freie Universität Berlin, HZB and Uppsala University has succeeded in tracking, for each layer separately, how the magnetic order changes after a short laser pulse has excited the system. […]