David Larbalestier: When Curiosity Makes a Career Over a 35-year career, Applied Superconductivity Center Director David Larbalestier has profoundly influenced his field of study, his colleagues and those who study under him. Here, Larbalestier describes the influences that shaped his life in science.
Little Explorers: Small Mammals in High Magnetic Fields The combination of live animals and high magnetic fields is poised to give biology researchers new insight into aging and disease – and it's a more humane research method to boot.
Science Starts Here: Kitchen Takes an Unconventional Road to Research Interest and lots of initiative have propelled mechanical engineering student and Mag Lab employee Jason Kitchen from administrative assistant to lab assistant working with some of the world's premier probe engineers.
Field Work: Research in Big Magnets is Hot … and Getting Hotter Investments in high magnetic field research centers is picking up around the world, with the European Union pooling resources and China building a new facility from the ground up. Why such demand? Because bigger magnets bring better results.
Flux: Volume 2, Issue 1
