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.
Scientific discovery can be a little like a puzzle. Scientists have to process all of their data and put the pieces together in just the right way to see the full picture of their finding. In that spirit, we invite you to play with these virtual puzzles of discoveries and tools at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
Swirling Superconductor
This colorful image helps engineers understand a type of superconductor (niobium tin), a material that conducts electricity with no loss. Learn more at Nb3Sn Image Gallery.
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Beautiful Brain
This image of a rat brain was generated using a 21-tesla ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer at the National MagLab. It shows scientists where certain organic molecules called lipids are located in the rat's brain.
Carbon Cages
These encapsulated carbon nanomaterials are known as fullerenes. These nanocages are promising candidates for clean energy applications.
Colorful Crystals
These beautiful single crystal specimens were synthesized in the lab of MagLab physicist Ryan Baumbach. Studying materials like these, scientists hope to understand complex materials and develop new technologies that could change our world.
Better Bismuth
Magnification of a cross-section of wire made of the superconducting compound bismuth-2212. The wire was created using a special over-pressure technique developed at the MagLab's Applied Superconductivity Center. This breakthrough will help magnet engineers create the next generation of powerful superconducting magnets more than a million times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field.
Cool Capacitance
These capacitance bridges help researchers using the world's most powerful magnets measure the behaviors and properties of materials. They are just one part of the complex infrastructure required to make important discoveries in high magnetic fields.
Massive Magnet
Engineers at the MagLab design and build the world's most powerful magnets for researchers to use as a tool to explore new materials, find energy solutions and understand life itself. This magnet weighs six tons and creates a magnetic field reaching 41 tesla (tesla is a unit of magnetic field strength. A normal fridge magnet is about 0.01 tesla). Made of copper and silver, this is the strongest resistive magnet in the world.
