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Building Better Magnets for Biomedical Breakthroughs

June 16, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Building Better Magnets for Biomedical Breakthroughs

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is developing new magnet technology aimed at enabling the next generation of groundbreaking biomedical research. With a new $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the lab’s Applied Superconductivity Center will demonstrate that a cutting-edge high-temperature superconducting material can be used to build a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnet. […]

Research & Development

Magnets to Control Prosthetic Limbs

April 25, 2022 Guest Blog Comments Off on Magnets to Control Prosthetic Limbs

For people with amputation who have prosthetic limbs, one of the greatest challenges is controlling the prosthesis so that it moves the same way a natural limb would. Most prosthetic limbs are controlled using electromyography, a way of recording electrical activity from the muscles, but this approach provides only limited control of the prosthesis. […]