The National MagLab is funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida.
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.
These special science graphics explain science stories in digestible steps and include optional detours for readers wanting more background to customize your reading journey.
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 cool trick appears to defy gravity and time, but is instead another demonstration of the awesome powers of electromagnetism.
Capacitors can store electrical energy and discharge it quickly, powering things like flash bulbs and starter motors.
DC motors make things like appliances and power tools work by converting electrical energy to mechanical energy. Find out how.
EMF, or electromotive force, refers to the voltage created by a battery or by a changing magnetic field. Counter EMF, also called Back EMF, is a relat…
Conventional automobiles burn gasoline in an internal combustion engine and convert that energy into motion. But first a spark is needed to ignite the…
You use it to pop popcorn and heat up soup. Now learn what happens behind the microwave door.
Watch how radio waves and strong magnets combine to create pictures of the inside of our bodies.
Watch how Hans Christian Oersted discovered quite by accident in 1820 that electricity and magnetism are related.
Take a journey into the center of a one of our magnets to watch an experiment on graphene, one of many things scientists study at the MagLab.
Used originally to charge particles in atomic accelerators, Van de Graaff generators are now used mostly to educate students about electrostatics. See…
Learn to use your own two hands to understand the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
What happens when you put an electrical current in a magnetic field? Although it looks like magic, it's really the Lorentz force.
