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First demonstration of a new particle beam technology at Fermilab
Physicists love to smash particles together and study the resulting chaos. Therein lies the discovery of new particles and strange physics, generated for tiny fractions of a second and recreating conditions often not seen in our universe for billions of years. But for the magic to happen, two beams of particles must first collide.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced the first successful demonstration of a new technique that improves particle beams. Future particle accelerators could potentially use the method to create better, denser particle beams, increasing the number of collisions and giving researchers a better chance to explore rare physics phenomena that help us understand our universe. The team published its findings in a recent edition of Nature.
Sound Waves Let Researchers Build Stuff With the Force
A new acoustic levitation device is even capable of picking up and placing drops of glue.
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Scientists build a magnet in China that is a million times stronger than Earth’s magnetic core
The 45.22-tesla magnet sits just shy of the record for the world’s most powerful magnet.
China started using the world’s most powerful magnet for scientific research. The magnet is roughly the size of a coin, but creates an impressive 45.22-tesla magnetic field.
The world’s most powerful magnet ever (45.5 tesla) was developed by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in the U.S.
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The magnet is said to be roughly the size of a coin, with a diameter of 33mm. Despite its modest size, it creates a stable magnetic field of 45.22 tesla, which is more than a million times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field.