Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that after 10 years of work, the world’s most powerful pulsed, non-destructive magnet is ready for use at 85 Tesla, Associated Press reported. A Tesla is a measuring unit for magnetic fields. Researchers can join low temperatures with a strong magnetic field to inspect materials at a nanometer scale, a billionth of a meter. The magnet is expected to be used to study large organic molecules, such as drugs. Alex Lacerda, leader of the National High Magnetic Field-Los Alamos Center said that the magnet has already achieved 87.8 Tesla and is expected to reach 100 Tesla during its lifetime.
