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Science Highlights

These monthly highlights represent the most promising and cutting-edge research underway in the lab’s seven user facilities.


(a) Volume-rendered 3D 7Li MRI images of pristine, cycled, and shorted Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) pellets. Blue regions show metallic lithium growing inside a transparent solid-electrolyte pellet. (b) Schematic illustrating Li dendrite formation mechanisms and propagation processes in Li/LLZO/Li.

July 15, 2026

Why Solid-State Batteries Fail—and How to Fix Them

Scientists at the MagLab and their collaborators from Boise State University and Argonne National Laboratory used advanced nuclear magnetic resonance …


Connectivity network derived from protein mass spectrometry data. Individual features are represented as nodes, and links indicate reproducible relationships between them.

June 16, 2026

Building Structure from Complex Protein Measurements

Protein measurements often produce dense, confusing data that are difficult to interpret. By reorganizing this information into connected patterns, re…


Data showing different ceramic fibers and different results on testing

June 16, 2026

Ceramic Fibers Reinforce Strain‑Limited Superconductors

Alumina fibers can be used to strengthen and stiffen superconducting Bi-2212 magnets. Strengthening these magnets is important as it helps them reach …


Schematic of the bulk moiré crystal (Sr₆TaS₈)₁₊δ(TaS₂)₈. Alternating Sr₆TaS₈ and TaS₂ layers are atomically incommensurate along one in-plane direction, generating a coherent 2D moiré superlattice that pervades the bulk crystal.

May 12, 2026

Crystals Where Electrons Visit a Hidden Fourth Dimension

By stacking thin crystal sheets with a slight twist, scientists created a "moiré" metal whose electrons behave as if they live in an effectively highe…


Top left: Kagome structure, Bottom left: YMn6Sn6 single crystal mounted on a rotating sample holder, Right: FMR signals at 240 GHz as a function of temperature, showing a magnetic phase transition  around 80K.

May 12, 2026

Multiple Magnetic States at High Fields in the Layered Magnetic Metal YMn6Sn6

Researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso, Boston College, and the University of Notre Dame came to the MagLab to study the magnetism of an …


2025 REU students

May 12, 2026

2025 MagLab Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program

The MagLab’s REU program provides exciting opportunities for college students to work with MagLab scientists on in-depth research projects. After 26 y…


Set of graph from vanadium-alkylidene research

April 16, 2026

Turning Abundant Vanadium into a Powerful Catalyst

Researchers developed a new compound based on the metal vanadium that catalyzes a reaction called olefin metathesis, which is widely used to produce f…


Left: Monitor display of the magnet resistance curve during operation of a 65-T magnet.  Right: Number of pulses exceeding 60 T delivered by the 65-T magnets in recent years.

April 16, 2026

Performance and Lifetime Improvements of Pulsed Magnets

The National MagLab at Los Alamos has expanded experimental capacity with the new 75-T duplex and 60-T mid-pulse magnets, providing users access to hi…


Phase diagram of TmVO4 as a function of applied magnetic field.

March 10, 2026

Electro-nuclear quantum phase transition in TmVO4

Scientists from Stanford University needed to extend their study of the magnetic phases of the quantum material TmVO4 to ultralow temperatures, so the…


A set of graph of cryptococcus neoformans  studying

March 10, 2026

Insights in Cryptococcus Cell Wall

Scientists use dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), a unique and powerful tool at the MagLab, to study how fungal cell walls are structured, enabling f…


Mass Difference Recalibration Process Diagram

February 10, 2026

Cracking Complex Chemistry Faster: A New Automated Way to Read Mass Spectra

MagLab scientists developed a fully automated method to quickly and accurately calibrate extremely complex mass spectra. The technique compares millio…


A set of diagram studying of CeRh2As2

February 10, 2026

Competing electronic ground states in CeRh2As2

Magnetic fields of up to 73 T were used to provoke electrons in the compound CeRh2As2 into a frenzy of very varied and unexpected behavior. These expe…


Imaging data about liver research

January 13, 2026

New Compound Shows Progress in Halting Liver Disease Progression

Senescent (aging or deteriorating) cells in the liver can result in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which is a major…


Left: Little Big Coil 9, with Dr. Bang for scale, generated a world-record 48.7 tesla. Right: Extraordinarily high stress of more than 1 GPa yields the very strong superalloy substrate on which the superconducting REBCO layer is grown, cracking it and limiting the field.

January 13, 2026

'Little Big Coil:' A Pilot Program for 50T+ Superconducting Magnets

MagLab's mission is to build the world's highest fields for our users. Little Big Coil is the cutting edge R&D test bed for this end - and now we …


Last modified on 15 July 2026