National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Florida State physicist elected American Physical Society Fellow

Published: March 14, 2023 | 9:02 am | Posted in: University News

Oscar Vafek is a professor of physics at FSU and director of the theoretical condensed matter division at the National MagLab.

A Florida State University physicist and researcher at the FSU-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Professor of Physics Oskar Vafek was recognized by APS for his work in correlated electron physics, which explores how a collection of particles, or a material system such as graphene, […]

Play hands-on science games at MagLab open house

Published: February 15, 2023 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Flip the timer, roll the dice, play your cards. The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the only national lab in the state of Florida, will celebrate the fun of science using some of your favorite games during its 2023 Open House where it will be “Game On for Hands-On Science Fun.” The […]

National MagLab secures increased NSF funding of $195 million

Published: December 13, 2022 | 2:56 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will receive $195.5 million over the next five years, a move that keeps the world’s most powerful magnet lab headquartered at Florida State University with partner sites at University of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory and supports groundbreaking discoveries using high field magnets. The National Science Foundation funding, authorized […]

National MagLab magnet recognized with R&D 100 award

Published: September 8, 2022 | 2:42 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has shattered another world record with the testing of a 32-tesla magnet — 33 percent stronger than the world’s strongest superconducting magnet used for research and more than 3,000 times stronger than a small refrigerator magnet. (National MagLab)

Engineers and technicians from the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory were recognized with a 2022 R&D 100 Award for the design and construction of the 32 tesla (T) Superconducting Magnet. The R&D 100 recognizes revolutionary ideas in science and technology, and the 32T magnet is the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet. “This […]

Florida State University launches Festival of the Creative Arts

Published: September 7, 2022 | 3:58 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The Florida State University Office of Research presents the Festival of the Creative Arts, a campus-wide collaborative event highlighting the diverse voices, talents and creativity of FSU faculty and students. Departments from across campus will come together Oct. 6-9, to celebrate the innovation and diversity that results from combining various modes of expression and subjects […]

FSU researchers use combined imaging techniques to monitor stem cell therapies

Published: September 7, 2022 | 1:12 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Samuel Grant, professor and postdoctoral fellow director in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, works with graduate student Dayna Richter on a 900-megahertz magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

When patients are treated for strokes and other neurological disorders, understanding what is happening inside the nervous system is a crucial part of treatment. Doctors rely on imaging tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to peer inside the body and see if interventions are helping. A Florida State University research team has found that […]

FSU researchers expand understanding of vortex spread in superfluids

Published: July 5, 2022 | 4:50 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An illustration of a vortex tangle. (Courtesy of Wei Guo/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

An international team of scientists featuring Florida State University researchers has developed a model that predicts the spread of vortices in so-called superfluids, work that provides new insight into the physics that govern turbulence in quantum fluid systems such as superfluid neutron stars. In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, the researchers created a […]

Researchers probe the performance of high-temperature superconductor in new DOE-funded study

Published: December 15, 2021 | 3:50 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Yavuz Oz, a postdoctoral researcher at the FSU-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, works on the next generation of superconducting magnets are getting more powerful every day and have the potential to revolutionize our world. The magic behind these goliath superstars may lie in the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires that power them.

The next generation of superconducting magnets has the potential to revolutionize fields such as energy storage, particle accelerators and medicine. The magic behind these tools lies in the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires that power them. A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering team has discovered how to optimize a type of HTS wire, findings that may lead […]

FSU professors among most cited researchers for their academic work

Published: November 16, 2021 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: University News

Several Florida State University researchers are among the most cited academics worldwide, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from Clarivate, a data and analytics company. Three current university faculty members — Professor of Scientific Computing Alan Lemmon, Associate Professor of Biological Science Emily Moriarty Lemmon and Professor of Psychology Thomas Joiner — […]

FSU chemist awarded $1M Department of Energy grant to explore clean energy materials

Published: October 15, 2021 | 2:25 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University professor has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate possible alternatives to rare and expensive materials used in an array of clean energy applications. Rob Schurko, a professor in FSU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic […]

NSF grant funds new 40T superconducting magnet design at FSU-headquartered MagLab

Published: October 4, 2021 | 3:29 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A new $15.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will produce a detailed design for the world’s most powerful superconducting magnet at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. While the National MagLab is already home to more than a dozen world-record magnets used by researchers from around the world, the […]

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