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U.S. ITER awards contracts worth $33 million for materials for ITER's largest magnets

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. ITER Project Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded two contracts totaling $33.6 million for 8,270 km of niobium tin strand and 4,795 km of copper strand for the Toroidal Field Conductor, ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Neighbor lends a hand: Spallation Neutron Source's tool to probe ITER's superconducting cable

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working with the U.S. ITER Project Office at ORNL, the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Superconductors face the future

Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Preparing for as much as a 10-fold increase in the Large Hadron Collider's luminosity within the next decade, U.S. scientists and engineers have demonstrated a powerful magnet based on an ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

MIT tests unique approach to fusion power

An MIT and Columbia University team has successfully tested a novel reactor that could chart a new path toward nuclear fusion, which could become a safe, reliable and nearly limitless source of energy.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (141) | comments 15

Another World Record in Magnet Development: 21.1 Tesla, Superconducting NMR Magnet for Chemical and Biomedical Research

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, has achieved another world record in magnet development with the successful testing of its 21.1 ...

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created Jul 26, 2004 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AMES Lab: Carbon-doped Magnesium Diboride Superconductors Withstand Higher Magnetic Fields

At the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, a basic research effort to enhance the properties of magnesium diboride, MgB2, superconductors by doping them with carbon atoms has doubled the magnetic field ...

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