2017 News

12 December 2017

One of the two YBCO coils used in the world-record 32-tesla all-superconducting magnet.

New world-record magnet fulfills superconducting promise

Made with high-temperature superconductors, the National MagLab's newest instrument shatters a world record and opens new frontiers in science.

20 November 2017

MagLab theorist named AAAS fellow

Efstratios Manousakis is recognized for his important contributions to computational physics.

3 November 2017

New APS fellows include MagLab scientist Vivien Zapf (left) as well as 10 users. They are, on top row (left to right), Enrique Del Barco, Han Htoon, Debdeep Jena, Kee Hoon Kim, ChunNing Jeanie Lau; on second row (left to right), Jan Musfeldt, Johnpierre Paglione, Takasada Shibauchi, Laura Beth Smilowitz, Stuart Trugman.

APS honors MagLab-affiliated scientists

Eleven scientists recognized for their remarkable contributions to physics.

1 November 2017

Samuel Grant (left) and Teng Ma at the MagLab's 900 MHz NMR magnet, which they will use for their stroke research.

NIH funds grant to combat stroke

Researchers will develop new treatments to prevent deadly condition.

23 October 2017

Lance Cooley examines the cross-section of an RF cavity, a critical component of a particle accelerator.

$1 million grant will advance compact particle accelerators

The DOE effort foresees a slew of health, environmental and safety applications.

19 October 2017

Solid state NMR structure of the FUS low complexity domain. In the foreground is a backbone trace of nine repeating units (in pink) in the protein fibrils. In the background is a light microscope image of liquid droplets formed by the FUS low complexity domain that are melted by phosphorylation of the fibril core region.

Study on motor neuron proteins lands on cover of Cell

Research sheds new light on the formation of harmful structures that can lead to neurodegenerative diseases.

9 October 2017

Columbia researchers observe exotic quantum particle in bilayer graphene.

Scientists observe exotic quantum particle in bilayer graphene

Physicists prove a 30-year-old theory — the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall state — and establish bilayer graphene as a promising platform that could lead to quantum computation.

4 October 2017

Chemist Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt has spent years studying the mysterious element berkelium.

Heavy element defies simple quantum mechanics

The behavior of berkelium prompts chemists to rethink what's going on inside heavy elements.

27 September 2017

Sastry Pamidi (left), joined by Lance Cooley (middle) and David Larbalestier, landed a grant to make more efficient industrial motors.

$1M grant to help researchers deliver big savings on big motors

Engineers to develop greener, cheaper technology

22 August 2017

Magnet designer Jack Toth works on installing the coils in the housing.

MagLab reclaims record for strongest resistive magnet

The new 41.4-tesla instrument reclaims a title for the lab and paves the way for breakthroughs in physics and materials research.

10 August 2017

The findings were published this week in the journal Nature. (See detailed image caption at bottom of page).

Physicists find strange state of matter in superconducting crystal

Discovery could help scientists better understand exotic behaviors of electrons.

2 August 2017

From left to right: Tim Cross, Joanna Long , and William Brey

MagLab receives $5.8M to develop biomedical technology

Federal grant to fund new tools for biology research in high magnetic fields

28 July 2017

New research advances knowledge toward more efficient electronics

Looking for better ways to power electronics, topological semimetals may hold the answer.

19 July 2017

Theodore Them and field assistant Emma Tulsky doing field work in Alberta, Canada.

New research explores good and bad news on climate change

Looking at environmental changes that occurred in ancient Earth, a research team finds new evidence of how the planet may handle excess carbon dioxide in the future.