Research & Development

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

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. […]