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These demonstrations about laws and tools associated with electricity and magnetism allow you to adjust variables at and to visualize invisible forces — which makes them almost better than the real thing.
Seeing is believing. In these animations, we show you what electricity and magnetism might look like if they weren't invisible.
Learn about electricity and magnetism — and have some fun while you're at it!
How do Maglev trains work? What are comets made of? How do bugs walk on water? This section demonstrates these and other concepts related to magnetism, electricity and other areas of science.
Whether you prefer your science short & sweet or long & detailed, we spell it out for you here in easy-to-understand language.
Read fun science stories told in comic strip style.
There is beauty and art in science. Gaze on these stories of discoveries that could be featured on museum walls instead of scientific journals.
Explore these surprising, unconventional and sometimes downright strange stories about high magnetic field research.
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Get to know these pioneers who went down in history for their groundbreaking work, including scientists behind common terms such as Amp, Celsius, Kelvin, hertz and tesla.
From the world's first compass to the magnetic force microscope and beyond, explore a variety of instruments, tools and machines throughout history.
Our timeline takes you through the highlights of electricity and magnetism and across the centuries.
Take a field trip to these high magnetic field landmarks around the globe.
This model train demonstrates magnetic levitation, the Meissner Effect and magnetic flux trapping.
They don't call it super for nothing. Once you get a superconductor going, it'll keep on ticking like the Energizer Bunny, only a lot longer. The catc…
At the National MagLab and other labs across the globe, the race to discover ever-warmer superconductors is heating up. Find out what these materials …
Whether with people, particles or the forces of physics, love always finds a way.
John Bardeen was one of a handful of individuals awarded the Nobel Prize twice and the first scientist to win dual awards in physics.
Leon Cooper shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and Robert Schrieffer, with whom he developed the first widely accepted theory of…
In their search for new superconductors, Swiss theoretical physicist Karl Alexander Müller and his young colleague, J. Georg Bednorz, abandoned the me…
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist who first observed the phenomenon of superconductivity while carrying out pioneering work in the field of…
While still in graduate school, John Robert Schrieffer developed with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper a theoretical explanation of superconductivity that…
New tools such as special microscopes and the cyclotron take research to higher levels, while average citizens enjoy novel amenities such as the FM ra…
Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.
Computers evolve into PCs, researchers discover one new subatomic particle after another and the space age gives our psyches and science a new context…
Scientists explore new energy sources, the World Wide Web spins a vast network and nanotechnology is born.
This work provides important insight into one of the parent materials of iron-based superconductors.
Scientists found that the emergence of an exotic quantum mechanical phase in Ce1-xNdxCoIn5 is due to a shape change in the Fermi surface. This finding…
Scientists have long pursued the goal of superconductivity at room temperature. This work opens a route towards one day stabilizing superconductivity …
The observation of topological states coupled with superconductivity represents an opportunity for scientists to manipulate nontrivial superconducting…
MagLab users have modified the critical current of Nb3SN, a material that was thought to be fully exploited, and boosted its performance by 50%.
Studies of uranium ditelluride in high magnetic fields show superconductivity switching off at 35 T, but reoccurring at higher magnetic fields between…
A nematic phase is where the molecular/atomic dynamics show elements of both liquids and solids, like in liquid crystal displays on digital watches or…
This research clarifies fundamental relationships between magnetism, superconductivity and the nature of the enigmatic “pseudogap state" in cuprate su…
Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements were performed in the all-new 32 T superconducting magnet in an effort to confirm a new quantum state. Results…
The MagLab's 32 T all-superconducting magnet is now serving users at full field. An early experiment in the magnet identified an important milestone o…
Electrons in metals behave like chaotic bumper cars, crashing into each other at every opportunity. While they may be reckless drivers, this result de…
In high-temperature superconductors, a region exists between the superconducting and normal states known as the pseudogap state. Using the 45T hybrid …
Research on a tungsten disulfide material (1T’-WS2) reveals a superconducting state that is able to carry an incredibly large amount of current within…
At ultra-low temperatures in the 32T all superconducting magnet, MagLab users fully mapped out the Fermi surface of UTe2, learning more about how elec…
This highlight focuses on the development of new thermometry required to study quantum materials and phenomena in high magnetic fields and at ultralow…
An insect's ability to survive anaerobic conditions (without oxygen) during winter pupation occurs through periodic cycling of aerobic respiration pat…
Researchers demonstrate a new record magnetoresistance in graphene by improving the contacting method, which helps improve our understanding of the ma…
Superconductors conduct large amounts of electricity without losses. They are also used to create very large magnetic fields, for example in MRI machi…
Physics does not yet know why copper-based superconductors (cuprates) conduct electrical current without dissipation at unprecedentedly high temperatu…
In everyday life, phase transitions - like when water boils and turns into steam or freezes and becomes ice - are caused by changes in temperature. H…
A defining experimental signature of a crossover in the strength of the pairing interactions from the weak coupling BCS to the strong coupling Bose-Ei…
Using pulses of far-infrared light and large magnetic fields, we directly measured the cyclotron resonance of charge carriers in a high-temperature su…
Pulsed magnetic fields of up to 75 T were applied at many different angles to a newly discovered metal, CsV3Sb5, in temperatures down to 0.5 K. Unusua…
Researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos developed a groundbreaking metho…
MagLab scientists and engineers have developed a special coating on Bi-2212 superconducting wire for electrical insulation in superconducting magnets …
Tests of high-temperature superconducting REBCO tapes at 4.2 K showed resistance to cyclic loading, demonstrating that it is a promising material for …
Tests of the first Integrated Coil Form test coil wound using REBCO superconducting tape show promise for use in ultra powerful magnets of the future.
A recent test coil with more than 1300 meters of conductor successfully demonstrated a new winding technique for insulated REBCO technology and was fa…
A new device enables the testing of superconducting cables to high current without the high helium consumption associated with traditional current lea…
A 19 T high-field magnet made with REBCO high-temperature superconductor, but without electrical insulation, was tested to see if it is a viable desig…
A test protocol has been developed and successfully demonstrated the ability to evaluate the performance of a large percentage of tape in a REBCO-woun…
High-temperature superconducting test coils have been subjected to extreme combined loads from high, cyclic pressure and electro-magnetic forces to un…
Because of such desirable properties as high mechanical strength and electrical conductivity, Cu–Ag nano-structured sheets are used, not only in high …
Recent measurements of superconducting tapes in the MagLab's 45-tesla hybrid magnet shows that the power function dependence of current on magnetic fi…
To increase the rate of particle collisions in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, new powerful magnets will soon be made from Nb3Sn superconduct…
Small additions of elemental Hafnium boosts current-carrying capability in Nb3Sn superconductor.
High field superconductor magnets greater than 10 T made from brittle Nb3Sn superconducting wires need special attention to their assembly, strength a…
Researchers working to push the high temperature superconducting material (Bi-2212) to the forefront of superconducting magnet technology have used no…
Researchers studied the mechanics of supercurrent flow in state-of-the-art Bi-2212 superconducting round wires and learned that the microstructure of …
Large superconducting magnets need multi-conductor cables, which act like multi-lane freeways to allow electricity to switch lanes if one gets blocked…
New work on round wires made with Bi-2212, a superconducting material, feature efficiency and performance that could enable the next generation of pow…
High magnetic fields are essential for many exciting scientific and industrial applications including next-generation MRI, particle accelerators, fusi…
High temperature superconducting magnets offer tremendous potential for technological advancements and scientific discoveries, making them essential i…
We demonstrated the ability to measure transport critical current dependencies Ic(B,T) of full-width REBCO tapes, giving direct feedback about propert…
Made with high-temperature superconductors, the National MagLab's newest instrument shatters a world record and opens new frontiers in science.
Lance Cooley, an expert in the field of applied superconductivity, will join the lab this summer.
The DOE effort foresees a slew of health, environmental and safety applications.
The National Science Foundation announces five-year funding grant for continued operation of the world’s most powerful magnet lab.
Lance Cooley brings cool plans for developing superconducting materials and magnets.
"GAP" award will help further breakthrough treatment system for next-generation superconducting magnets.
A material already known for its unique behavior is found to carry current in a way never before observed.
With funding from the National Science Foundation, scientists and engineers will determine the best way to build a new class of record-breaking instru…
With a twist and a squeeze, researchers discover a new method to manipulate the electrical conductivity of this game-changing "wonder material."
State-of-the-art instrument will be used in materials and next-generation magnet research.
In a hydrogen-packed compound squeezed to ultra-high pressures, scientists have observed electrical current with zero resistance tantalizingly close t…
The compact coil could lead to a new generation of magnets for biomedical research, nuclear fusion reactors and many applications in between.
Emergence of unusual metallic state supports role of "charge stripes" in formation of charge-carrier pairs essential to resistance-free flow of electr…
In a uranium-based compound once dismissed as boring, scientists watched superconductivity arise, perish, then return to life under the influence of h…
The successful test of concept shows that the novel design, using a high-temperature superconductor, could help power tomorrow's particle accelerators…
Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will further research that will help make the next generation of high-energy particle accelerators.
David Larbalestier is the first Florida State faculty member ever to receive the honor.
A story of synergistic science showcases how theory and experimental research teamed up to yield first direct evidence of the nature of superconductiv…
Made with high-temperature superconductors, the National MagLab's newest instrument offers researchers strength and stability to explore quantum mater…
New research to understand how processing impacts bismuth-based superconducting wires could help power future magnets or particle accelerators.
The world's next most powerful superconducting magnet will be designed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
New research has potential applications in quantum computing and introduces a new way to measure the secrets of superconductivity.
MagLab users have discovered that magnetism is key to understanding the behavior of electrons in high-temperature superconductors.
Game-changing technology may hold the key to ever-stronger magnets needed by scientists.
No insulation? No problem! In fact, by challenging the conventions of magnet making, MagLab engineers created a first-of-its-kind magnet that has only…
A new record for a trapped field in a superconductor could herald the arrival of materials in a broad range of fields.
The new superconducting material, called potassium tantalate, is capable of withstanding substantial magnetic fields.
Researchers now have a better understanding of how even a slight tug changes the marvel material.
The award recognizes those who've had an "outstanding, widespread, and lasting impact on the teaching of physics."
A team of MagLab scientists has been working on the superconducting wires for new electromagnets that will improve physics research at the Large Hadro…
Dr. Amm to oversee world's largest and highest-powered magnet lab.
Two scientists put their heads together and created a machine that speeds along magnet production.
Looking for ways to make better superconductors for the next-generation particle accelerators, a young scientist homed in on how they were heat-treate…
MagLab experts fine-tuned a furnace for pressure-cooking a novel superconducting magnet. Now they're about to build its big brother.
Several materials are in the running to build the next generation of superconducting magnets. Which will emerge the victor?
What's it like to be a remote user at the National MagLab? Learn from this frequent MagLab user who performed experiments on the 32T from across the c…
Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud of Canada's Université de Sherbrooke talks about his recent experiments on cuprate superconductors, why he chose physics over p…
One of the best tools for testing new materials for the next generation of research magnets is a MagLab magnet.
Two researchers play with nanostructures in a fun, fertile physics playground: the space between two things.
Hired in 2015 as chief scientist, this eminent physicist brings a dynamic array of talents to the MagLab.
