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Super-Magnet Sheds Light on Semiconductors

Posted by Zonk on from the throm-throm-throm dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "A group of researchers at Florida state have demonstrated a magnet design that could shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor research. 'The Split Florida Helix magnet can direct and scatter laser light at a sample down the centre of the magnet and from four ports on the sides. Due to become fully operational in 2010, the device can generate fields above 25 tesla. The highest-field split magnet in the world currently attains 18 tesla ... The scientists will be able to expand the scope of their experimental approach, learning more about the intrinsic properties of materials by shining light on crystals from angles not previously available in such high magnetic fields.'"

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  1. So... by C0rinthian · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...will Gordon Freeman be taking the samples into the test chamber?

    learning more about the intrinsic properties of materials by shining light on crystals from angles not previously available in such high magnetic fields.
  2. Fully Operational... by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny
    Due to become fully operational in 2010, the device can generate fields above 25 tesla...

    NOW! Witness the power of this fully operational supermagnet!

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

  3. Nanoscience and Semiconductors? Pfft. by Huntr · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to the locals down here in Tally, the Mag Lab changes the weather, causes (or suppresses) hurricanes, and makes airplanes fall from the sky!

  4. Re:Metal Objects by damburger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Such risks are already well known:

    Look at the picture halfway down this article.
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    If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?