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Welcome to flux, a magazine for non-scientists about the people, ideas and tools at the MagLab. Use the blue links to read content online or download entire issues.

Issue 9 (November 2012)

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What’s a typical day like at the MagLab? We give you a sense of that in a new flux feature called “Problem: Solved.” In it, you’ll discover how engineers Scott Bole and Lee Marks tackled a gnarly problem and earned some serious kudos. We also spent time with a quirky group of talented Tallahassee teens who build robots and compete in international competitions, chatted with a poet of note who writes about quantum entanglements and interviewed physicist Ross McDonald.

Issue 8 (February 2012)

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In issue 8 of flux, delve into what it can mean to be a scientist. Meet the adventurous Yang Wang, a geochemist who traveled to Tibet and helped to discover the oldest woolly rhino ever found. Read about engineer Tom Painter, who has launched his own business and is helping to build one of the most complex machines ever created — a machine that just might provide the world with clean energy one day. Check out the eccentric and artsy life-path of biochemist Art Edison, a saddle-maker turned scientist. If their stories prompt you to wonder about a science career for yourself, check out our cover story: Build a Scientist: From elementary school to the lab, how you can become a scientist.

Issue 7 (July 2011)

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Welcome to our latest flux! We know you'll find something that intrigues you inside its pages. Teachers and students, check out "A Noisy Conundrum," the story of how a physicist, elementary-school teacher and college student worked together to solve a puzzling, high-tech problem. Environmentalists, don't miss, "Fueling the Future," about the lab's clean-energy research. And romantics, we've got you covered, too: Go directly to "Big Magnet Wedding." Enjoy!