The world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet has reached full field. Weighing in at over 10,000 tonnes, the CMS experiment's magnet is built around a 6-metre diameter, 13-metre long ...

At a certain point, even language fails to fully capture all the wild and wondrous things going on inside of ITER, a 23,000-tonne, 35-nation nuclear experiment under construction in France. You could ...

Plan a route, grab some snacks, and fuel up. Engineers and scientists have been sending massive magnets from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs on cross-country road trips. Subscribe to our ...

SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: ...

The strongest magnet in the world, allegedly capable of lifting an aircraft carrier, is set to head to France, where it will be used as part of a nuclear fusion generator. The 59-foot tall, 1,000-ton ...

Imagine an MRI magnet with a central chamber spanning some 9 feet—massive enough to accommodate a standing African elephant. Physicists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory ...

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