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Marcelo Jaime

December 04, 2020

Marcelo Jaime recognized for his contributions to experimental physics in high magnetic fields.


Scientists working at the National MagLab have found evidence of a quantum spin liquid in ruthenium trichloride (RuCl3). Read more about this image below.

October 05, 2020

A new experimental technique allowed physicists to precisely probe the electron spins of an intriguing compound and uncover unexpected behavior.


David Larbalestier

September 22, 2020

David Larbalestier is the first Florida State faculty member ever to receive the honor.


Participants in the 2019 SciGirls Coding Camp at the MagLab practice their skills.

September 21, 2020

Research on MagLab science camp yields a framework for better understanding how to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM's most male…


Research scientists Shreyas Balachandran (left) and William Starch draw lengths of niobium-tin superconducting wire at the Applied Superconductivity Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. A new grant of $1.5 million will allow the group to continue this research.

July 17, 2020

Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will further research that will help make the next generation of high-energy particle accelerators.


Photos of asphalt binder before and after being exposed to water and a solar simulator for a week.

July 13, 2020

MagLab researchers show that exposure to sun and water causes thousands of chemicals to leach from roads into the environment.


A monolayer semiconductor is found to be a close-to-ideal platform for fractional quantum Hall states - a quantum liquid that emerges under large perpendicular magnetic fields. The image illustrates monolayer WSe2 hosting "composite fermions", a quasi-particle that forms due to the strong interactions between electrons and is responsible for the sequence of fractional quantum Hall states.

July 06, 2020

Columbia researchers first to discover a quantum fluid—fractional quantum Hall states, one of the most delicate phases of matter—in a monolayer 2D sem…


The scientists examined hundreds of basalt samples taken along the global ridges that contain recycled ancient oceanic crust in varying amounts. "Depleted" segments of the ridge received less than "normal" amounts of recycled crust, while "enriched" segments contained a larger proportion of recycled crust.

June 26, 2020

Using a novel technique, researchers uncover secrets hidden deep below the surface of our planet.


The water wire (depicted by the red and white molecules) inside the helical gramicidin A protein can orient in two ways. At equilibrium, the transition between the two orientations is shown in this study to be a million times slower than previously believed, suggesting a much stronger interaction between the water wire and gramicidin A.

May 15, 2020

New insights challenge current understanding of how ion transport through some cell membranes works.


Florida State chemist Robert Schurko is the new director of the National MagLab’s NMR/MRI Facility in Tallahassee.

May 14, 2020

As head of nuclear magnetic resonance at the MagLab's Tallahassee headquarters, Rob Schurko hopes to expand capabilities and build new magnets.


The team's numerical modelling predicted the effects of a rotating drop of Bose-Einstein condensate (the lower shape) merging with a static drop (above it). A corkscrew-like structure reflecting the evolving condensate density emerged, showing an entirely different mechanism of transferring rotation than exists in classical fluids.

March 30, 2020

A model predicts that, unlike the eddies found in classical fluids, a corkscrew-shaped structure transfers rotation from one drop of quantum fluid to …


A CORC cable

March 16, 2020

The successful test of concept shows that the novel design, using a high-temperature superconductor, could help power tomorrow's particle accelerators…


A science fan uses a solar telescope at the MagLab’s 2019 Open House.

February 14, 2020

On Feb. 22, the lab opens its doors once again, inviting science lovers of all ages to do hands-on activities related to space, time and all things fu…


This image of a rat brain, generated with the MagLab's 21-tesla ICR mass spectrometer, reveals the distribution of three specific lipids.

January 23, 2020

Enabled by a world-record instrument, the images convey vast amounts of data that could be useful in health and pharmaceutical research.