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December 13, 2022

New five-year grant from the National Science Foundation sustains the world’s most powerful magnet lab through 2027.


SciGirls campers

September 16, 2022

A $1.9 million will explore how online STEM programs can yield improved STEM identity in girls.


32 tesla superconducting magnet recognized with R&D 100 award

September 09, 2022

World's strongest superconducting magnet celebrated as a top 100 revolutionary technology. 


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August 10, 2022

Work connecting physics, chemistry and materials science illustrates new methods to yield materials with quantum properties.


Spin textures of the ordered spin-ice states for different applied fields.

July 05, 2022

Using a special technique performed in the MagLab's high fields, researchers have uncovered a method to understand spin ice materials.


The Fermi surface on the left shows the arrangement of electrons in a copper-oxide high temperature superconductor before the "critical point." After the critical point, the Fermi surface on the right shows that most electrons vanish.

March 14, 2022

MagLab users have discovered that magnetism is key to understanding the behavior of electrons in high-temperature superconductors.


A Timeline of Marie’s STEM Storied- Identity Trajectory and the Emotions that Surfaced. Sub-identities are categorized by color (Science/Math Identity - purple; Racial Identity - blue; Being Smart - green). Emotions are categorized by shape (Self-Doubt - triangle; Frustration - circle; Pride - square; Joy-Diamond). Moments of recognition where sub-identities wove and interlocked together are denoted with an oval.

March 07, 2022

New research explores the power of intersecting identities in a young Black woman’s STEM experience.


Plant biomass constructed by carbohydrate and aromatic components.

February 13, 2022

Researchers reveal how carbohydrates form plant biomass, information that may lead to new biorenewable energy solutions. 


The 21 tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer used to analyze PFAS samples

February 09, 2022

Learn how the MagLab's high-field magnets are helping uncover the secrets of "forever chemicals."