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The EMFL develops and operates world class high magnetic field facilities, to use them for excellent research by in‐house and external users.

New European Record Set in Dresden

The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf wants to break the world record for the highest magnetic fields. Yesterday, the scientists managed to improve their own European record from 91.4 teslas to 94.2 teslas. The brand new coil was wound in the HLD’s workshop and encased in a thinner stainless steel cylinder; it was, though, also wrapped in the reinforcement fiber Zylon®. This small alteration permitted an even higher magnetic field while (...)

The LNCMI-Toulouse realizes the longest 80-T pulse of magnetic field in the world

In 2011 we have seen considerable progress in the strength of pulsed magnetic fields. The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Dresden-Rossendorf has established a new world record non-destructive field at 91,4 T, which was soon after broken by the NHMFL-Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos, reaching 97,4 T. These records represent important progress in magnet technology, and suggest that the magical limit of 100 T is now within reach. However, one should always bear in mind that these (...)

Large scale facilities priority in Dutch science policy

The Dutch Deputy Minister of Science Halbe Zijlstra prefers to spend his budget on large scale research facilities. In a speech at the Dutch Academy of Science he specifically named HFML, the super magnet at Radboud University as an example. Good news for EMFL’s ambitions. Zijlstra praised the Nijmegen University for the courage to invest in a super magnet that (amongst other things) played such an important role in unraveling the secrets of graphene and the Nobel prize to Andre Geim and (...)

One more step on the Roadmap towards a European Magnetic Field Laboratory

After the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESRFI) has added the project for the creation of a distributed european magnetic field laboratory (EMFL) to its Roadmap, the European Commission has taken the next step by launching a call for a preparatory phase proposal for the realization of the EMFL on july 30th. Le Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses (Grenoble & Toulouse), the High Field Magnet Laboratory (Nijmegen) and the Hochfeld Labor Dresden will (...)