The quest for the world's strongest magnet faced a surprisingly violent problem: they kept exploding. At least, that was the issue facing a group of scientists at the National High Magnetic Field ...

The next generation of cutting-edge accelerator magnets is no longer just an idea. Recent tests revealed that the United States and CERN have successfully co-created a prototype superconducting ...

For decades, fusion energy has been defined by massive, complex machines built on the idea that bigger is better. Now, a new approach is challenging that assumption with a compact reactor designed to ...