The only facility of its kind in the US, the National High Magnetic Field Lab is the highest-powered magnet lab in the world.
#NSFFunded
#FloridaFunded
Welcome to
@FloridaState
chemist Rob Schurko, who is stepping up to lead the nuclear magnetic resonance facility at the MagLab's Tallahassee headquarters.
@SchurkoFSU
#NMR
The National Science Foundation will invest $195.5 million over the next 5 years in the National MagLab, an investment that maintains the MagLab as a world-class facility, providing researchers access to a range of powerful magnets:
#NSFFunded
A warm welcome back to Kicki Håkansson, a former MagLab postdoc and distinguished analytical chemistry researcher, now returning to head our ICR facility!
In the second story in our series on high-field COVID research, MagLab and
@WeizmannScience
researcher Lucio Frydman is part of a global dragnet hunting for vulnerabilities in the virus that causes
#COVID19
.
#NMR
@Covid19Nmr
Following MagLab tradition, Director Greg Boebinger presented MagLab /
@floridastate
chemist Tim Cross with this "bitter disk" plaque today, in honor of Cross' retirement as longtime director of the lab's Tallahassee-based
#NMR
facility.
MagLab users have designed a new technique to acquire 103Rh solid-state NMR spectra to study their molecular structures – a feat previously thought to be nearly impossible.
Still thinking about that
#LastOfUs
finale? Read how real scientists are using powerful magnets to understand one of the most prevalent and deadly
#fungi
.
A $15.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (
@NSF
) will yield a detailed design for the world's most powerful superconducting magnet at the National MagLab.
#NSFfunded
The MagLab was excited to host the
@NSF
Division of Materials Research Director Germano S. Iannacchione Thursday. He learned more about how the MagLab develops world-record magnets and the critical role they play in yielding discoveries across disciplines.
Congrats to the astronomers who nabbed the 2019
@PhysicsWorld
Breakthrough of the Year award for the first direct visual evidence of a black hole and its “shadow.” The MagLab's world-record "little big coil" also made the top 10 list!
At the MagLab, we have some of the world's most powerful magnets, but we are also world leaders in designing and building magnet probes. Find out what probes are and meet some of our unparalleled probes -
Is it
#Magic
or
#Magnets
that make this aluminum pan appear to defy gravity & "float" to the ground? Learn more about the unseen electric currents at play in the fringe fields of the world's strongest magnet -
#Halloween
#Science
Interested in leveraging high-powered magnets for your
#science
#research
? Here's how you apply for magnet time at the world's largest & highest-powered magnet lab -
#ScienceHappensHere
at the
#NSFfunded
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory where high magnetic fields are expanding our understanding of the electronic behavior of materials.
#nsfstories
Today, out-going director Greg Boebinger was thanked and celebrated for his 20 years of leadership. FSU President Richard McCullough spoke and MagLab-ers gathered together to wish him well in his next chapter as faculty at FSU!
On
#HigherEducationDay
we thank our two amazing higher ed host institutions -
@FloridaState
&
@UF
- and the many professors, postdocs, students, faculty, & staff who help elevate the MagLab.
MagLab Director Greg Boebinger has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Join us in congratulating him on this prestigious accomplishment -
"KILLING MACHINE:" The velvet worm sprays and traps its prey. MagLab research uncovers new details on how its sticky slime works.
@mcgillu
@uqam
@uni_kassel
Meet new MagLab Director, Dr. Kathleen Amm and hear her talk about her passion for magnet technology, excitement about high magnetic field research and vision for the lab.
Wondering what we do at the MagLab? Learn more about the world's largest and highest-powered magnet lab and join us for an upcoming tour or event to see the lab for yourself!
Who is behind this week's
@NaturePhysics
paper about quantum
#spinliquids
? Check out this Q&A with Kim Modic of
@ISTAustria
to learn what historical figure she'd love to meet, her memorable science moments, and her dreams for future research.
Congratulations to Lucio Frydman of the Weizmann Institute in Israel and MagLab Chief Scientist for Chemistry/Biology on being awarded the prestigious Richard R. Ernst Prize in Magnetic Resonance -
Florida State University is seeking a leader with demonstrated abilities to drive both scientific and management excellence, to serve as the director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Learn more about the position at
Congrats to the MagLab's David Larbalestier, recognized by his alma mater
@imperialcollege
for his world leadership in developing superconducting magnets.
Using a technique called dynamic nuclear polarization, scientists can make hard-to-find atoms easier to locate, which helps them solve many kinds of science secrets faster and better - like this one about zinc in toothpaste.
Looking for the right magnet to match your research needs? Search here by field strength, bore size, or technique and apply for time on the world's highest-powered magnets.
A year ago, MagLab researchers published a paper in
@nature
about their world-record 45.5-tesla magnet. Fast-forward one year, and this highly-cited article is already in the top 1% of all
#physics
papers, according to
@webofscience
. Wow!
While the lab's exterior may look different due to the impact from last week's storm on the trees planted 30+ years ago, the work inside continues thanks to our deeply-rooted, resilient staff.
Read the cover story in
@jmri_ismrm
about how researchers propose a triple-pulse excitation scheme to simultaneously suppress background signals & eliminate radio-frequency acoustic ringing in
#NMR
spectra.
Read what MagLab chief materials scientist David Larbalestier thinks about the prospects of high-temperature superconductors in a new perspective piece in
@ScienceMagazine
-
Join us in congratulating
@FAMUFSUCOE
faculty member & MagLab-er Theo Siegrist on being selected for the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL).
Starting ONE week from today, don't miss FSU's Discovery Days, a week of celebrating FSU research, creativity, and discovery! And join us at the MagLab on 10/4 for a shark tank-style Discovery Challenge pitch event from 3pm-5pm! FREE & open to the public.
One week from today, take the field for MagLab Open House! Don't miss the 100 hands-on activities, food trucks, scavenger hunt & of course, really big magnets!
Seeing headlines about PFAS chemicals? Here are the MagLab, we are using powerful magnets to characterize & catalog the thousands upon thousands of chemical compounds in the PFAS family, helping find solutions to health & environmental impacts.
Happy birthday to Nikola Tesla! Born at midnight during an electrical storm, this electricity and magnetism pioneer was awarded more than 100 patents in his lifetime. Learn more at -
What do crazy acronyms like ADMX, ABRACADABRA and HAYSTAC have in common, and how do they connect dark matter with magnetic fields? Our friends at
@symmetrymag
explain!
Want to be work at the world's largest & highest-powered magnet lab? Take a look at these open faculty, postdoctoral and staff positions across our lab & apply today -
New research from
@LSU_Chemistry
reveals molecular architecture of fungal cell walls and the structural responses to stresses, work that could help develop more effective anti fungal medications for millions.
Today is the last day to catch us at
#APSMarch2023
in Las Vegas. Find us (like this famous scientists did) at Exhibit Booth 900 to talk about
#physics
#magnets
and other fundamental questions about the universe!
Chemists have been able to enhance electron spin coherence via engineering of so-called clock transitions in molecular magnets which may help yield next-generation quantum technologies.
Scientists from
@OhioState
,
@UCRiverside
and elsewhere around the country are at the MagLab this week learning how an
#NMR
technique called dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) can help them discover new things. (What's DNP? )
#readfields
Scientists have observed competition between magnetic orders from coupled sheets of atoms. The observations, described in the journal Nature, promise new insights into the
#quantum
qualities of two-dimensional materials.
#physics
#science
Now that I’ve settled into my postdoc at the
@NationalMagLab
, I thought I’d share a little about what I do here! This is a time-lapse of me getting started to run some samples on our custom 21T FT-ICR MS with online LC separation. 1/2
Spinning at around 50,000 times per second, you might think the magic angle spinning probe was whipped up by
#wizards
. Find out more about the
#magic
of this device & how it helps scientists studying solid materials:
#Halloween
#Science
#NMR
New funding will explore the mysteries of the Platinum group elements to investigate possible alternatives to rare and expensive materials used in an array of clean energy applications.
How does electromagnetic induction create some of
#rock
music's greatest sounds? Learn more & try for yourself with this guitar pickup interactive tutorial -
#WorldMusicDay
Humans first set foot on the moon 55 years ago today. The MagLab is now taking a fresh look at lunar soil to see what's in it. We can't wait to share the results when the research is finished!
Read about how MagLab scientists like Elizabeth Green find balance between supporting users, developing new instruments and her own research on frustrated magnetic compounds -