Research & Development
MagLab Sets A New World Record Magnetic Field
A prototype miniature superconducting magnet shattered the lab’s previous record by more than 3 tesla, reaching a new world record of almost 49 Tesla […]
MagLab
e-Power Technology
Fundamentally New Approach to Motor Control’ in COBROS Platform from CTS
Leveraging its acquisition two years ago of Swiss company, maglab AG, CTS Corporation, a global developer in sensing and motion control technologies, has launched a new platform for electric motor control based on real-time, in-situ […]
Research & Development
Making Magnets: At Los Alamos National Laboratory’s MagLab, Magnets are Designed and Built for Research in High Magnetic Fields
The magnets at the MagLab—the Los Alamos National Laboratory branch of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory—are some of the strongest in the world, capable of reaching 100 tesla. (For comparison, a refrigerator magnet is about 0.005 tesla, and the Earth’s magnetic field is about 0.00005 tesla). […]
Research & Development
MagLab Teams with FSU Computer Scientists to Unlock New Discoveries
The National MagLab is collaborating with computer scientists at Florida State University to maximize usage of mountains of data collected using the world’s most powerful magnets. […]
News
MagLab Hunts for Breakthroughs in Medical and Biotech Research; Philips Taps in via MagCorp
Two programs involving MagLab, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory headquartered at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, illustrate one of its unique capabilities — as a center of cutting-edge research for advancements in medicine and biotechnology. One program involves renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health for several efforts in nuclear magnetic resonance; the other an agreement for collaboration between MagCorp, an innovative new commercial partner with the lab, and medical equipment maker Philips seeking new breakthroughs in reduced-helium magnetic resonance imaging. […]
Electromagnetics
National MagLab Chief Scientist Named to President’s Council of Advisors
Laura Greene, chief scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, has been appointed to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology. Also a professor of physics at Florida State University where the laboratory is headquartered, she […]
Magnetics/Assemblies