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Laura Greene walks the red carpet as a science celebrity and waves to a crowd of adoring fans at the MagLab’s movie-themed Open House in 2017.

October 24, 2019

MagLab Chief Scientist Laura Greene recognized by the Tallahassee Scientific Society for her exemplary career achievements in science and contribution…


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October 07, 2019

In a uranium-based compound once dismissed as boring, scientists watched superconductivity arise, perish, then return to life under the influence of h…


Chelsie Bowman (center), Seth Young (left), and Jeremy Owens (right), Bowman is the lead author and a Ph. D. candidate and Young and Owens are assistant professors in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science.

August 30, 2019

New study resolves a longstanding paleoclimate mystery.


Mark Meisel is the new director of the MagLab's High B/T Facility at the University of Florida.

August 21, 2019

Rising from his post as deputy director, Mark Meisel plans to introduce new instruments and techniques to the facility.


Physicist Christianne Beekman (left) and chemist Yan-Yan Hu of the National MagLab and Florida State University have been awarded prestigous CAREER grants from the National Science Foundation.

July 22, 2019

Physicist Christianne Beekman and chemist Yan-Yan Hu have been recognized as outstanding early-career researchers by the National Science Foundation.


These 3D MRI images of sodium in a rat brain, acquired in the MagLab’s 21.1-tesla MRI scanner, illustrate the detail the instrument can capture. The image at right shows intracellular sodium, while the image at left shows extracellular sodium.

July 19, 2019

Researchers at the National MagLab will study the role sodium plays in this painful disease and test treatments that could offer relief.


Assistant Professor Jose Mendoza-Cortes and postdoctoral researcher A. Nijamudheen teamed with researchers from Cornell to design a more efficient battery.

July 12, 2019

Researchers see promise in a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium batteries.


Optical generation of trions in single-layer WSe2.

July 10, 2019

Move aside, electrons; it's time to make way for the trion.


Scientists working at the National MagLab have discovered a new type of quasiparticle in a structure featuring two layers of graphene. This so-called composite fermion consists of one electron and two different types of magnetic flux, illustrated as blue and gold arrows in the figure. Composite fermions are capable of forming pairs, a unique interaction that lead to the discovery of this unexpected new quantum Hall phenomena.

June 25, 2019

A new study reveals a suite of quantum Hall states that have not been seen previously, shedding new light on the nature of electron interactions in qu…


Florida State researchers working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found a link between the churning of deep soils during deforestation and the release of carbon dioxide through streams and rivers.

June 24, 2019

Using powerful instruments at the National MagLab, scientists discovered that older dissolved organics from deforested areas were more energy-rich, an…


Left: Copper-oxide layers of LBCO, Right: The stripes of magnetism and charge in the cuprate (copper and oxygen) layers of the superconductor LBCO.

June 18, 2019

Emergence of unusual metallic state supports role of "charge stripes" in formation of charge-carrier pairs essential to resistance-free flow of electr…


This little coil, about the size of an empty toilet tissue roll, helped scientists achieve a new world record for a continuous magnetic field, 45.5 teslas. The coil was wound using a superconductor called rare earth barium copper oxide (REBCO), then wrapped with white fiberglass tape.

June 12, 2019

The compact coil could lead to a new generation of magnets for biomedical research, nuclear fusion reactors and many applications in between.


MagLab physicists Ryan Baumbach (left) and Kaya Wei study a class of materials with promising thermoelectric properties

May 31, 2019

In a crystalline structure that locks a heavy atom in a metal cage, scientists find a key to materials that can turn heat into electricity, and vice v…


Physicist Mikhail Eremets (pictured here at the National MagLab) led his team to the discovery of superconductivity at a record-high temperature in lanthanum hydride, a so-called "superhydride."

May 22, 2019

In a hydrogen-packed compound squeezed to ultra-high pressures, scientists have observed electrical current with zero resistance tantalizingly close t…


MagLab Research Assistant Abigail Centers (left) with her MagLab mentor Julia Smith. Centers was named Student Employee of the Year by the Southern Association of Student Employment Administrators.

April 11, 2019

A young computer programmer was surprised by not one, but two awards for building systems crucial to running the lab's magnets.


MagLab scientist Tim Cross, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University, has been named the university’s 2019-2020 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor.

April 09, 2019

Lab veteran Tim Cross has been named 2019-2020 Lawton Distinguished Professor by his peers.


The FIB microscope will allow materials science researchers to slice through minuscule material samples and collect images of their structures.

March 28, 2019

State-of-the-art instrument will be used in materials and next-generation magnet research.


National MagLab researcher Sam Grant (above) and Dr. Michael Harrington from Huntington Medical Research Institutes used the world’s strongest MRI magnet to show how sodium distribution changes in the brain during migraines.

March 28, 2019

Findings clarify the role of sodium increase early in migraines and point to the region where symptoms may start.


Geochemists Seth Young (left) and Jeremy Owens with the MagLab's Thermo elemental analyzer and isotope ratio mass spectrometer, which measured sulfur isotopes in their samples. Their data made clear the connections between historic changes in ocean oxygen levels and mass extinction of marine organisms.

March 27, 2019

In findings that could shed light on current climate changes, researchers find conclusive evidence linking rising sea levels and lowering oxygen level…


Stromatolite in Shark Bay, Western Australia. These stromatolites are thought to be some of the most ancient forms of life on Earth and are comprised of organisms that probably contributed to the O2 scientists are inferring existed on ancient Earth (i.e., cyanobacteria).

February 25, 2019

MagLab data provide compelling evidence that extensive oxygenation took place in the ocean millions of years before the atmosphere’s “Great Oxidation …


2019 MagLab Open House Banner

February 14, 2019

Lab to serve up heaping portions of science at food-themed Open House on Feb. 23.


FSU Assistant Professor of Physics Hanwei Gao, National MagLab researcher Yan Xin and FSU graduate student Xi Wang worked with a transmission electron microscope to conduct research on halide perovskites.

February 11, 2019

Promising technique could be used to turn light into electricity and electricity into light.


Applying pressure to twisted bilayer graphene transforms the material from a metal to a superconductor.

January 24, 2019

With a twist and a squeeze, researchers discover a new method to manipulate the electrical conductivity of this game-changing "wonder material."


LSU’s Tuo Wang and colleagues discovered that lignin has limited contact with cellulose inside a plant. Instead, the wiry complex carbohydrate called xylan connects cellulose and lignin as the glue.

January 22, 2019

Findings that “go against the textbooks” may improve biofuel production.


SLAC/Stanford researchers have switched a material in and out of a topological state with novel electronic properties. The scientists controlled the switch with an invisible form of light, called terahertz radiation, which made layers of the material swing back and forth.

January 07, 2019

Ultrafast manipulation of material properties with light could stimulate the development of novel electronics, including quantum computers.