Magnet technology has advanced, year-over-year, pulled by the desire of scientists for ever-higher magnetic fields. But progress has been paced by new developments in properties of materials needed to ...

Last week saw researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), US, set a new world record for the strongest magnetic field produced by a “non-destructive” magnet. The scientists achieved a ...

China launched construction of the world’s most powerful pulsed magnet facility in the city of Wuhan on Tuesday. The upgraded pulsed high magnetic field facility at Huazhong University of Science and ...

A Chinese research team has set a new record for a flat-top pulsed magnetic field (FTPMF) with a whopping 71.36 tesla, further consolidating the nation's international leadership in this field. The ...

In motor neuron diseases of the nervous system, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commands can no longer be sent to the muscles. This gradually leads to paralysis. Physicist Dr. Thomas ...

It is not known when humans first noticed the attraction or repulsion between pieces of magnetic material. The first important device depending on these forces was the magnetic compass, which is ...