High-temperature superconductor magnets have the potential to lower the costs of operating particle accelerators and enable powerful new technologies like fusion reactors. But quenches -- the sudden, ...

Magnets are a lot more than just refrigerator decorations or components in science kits. These fascinating objects, which have been known since ancient times, are central to a wide array of ...

In San Diego, General Atomics has completed what it describes as the world’s largest and most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet for fusion energy, a system built to generate extremely strong ...