CSA's Board of Technical Directors, at a meeting held during the Applied Superconductivity Conference in Denver, certified results from the society's recent election. Society members chose Peter Shirron, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, as the new President-Elect, and Scott Courts, Richard Dausman, Peter Knudsen and Mark Zagarola as Directors.

Intense magnetic fields are a powerful research tool, and researchers expect the opportunities opened up by the hybrid magnet being built at the CNRS National Laboratory for Intense Magnetic Fields in Grenoble to be vast. Current magnets at the facility operate at 36 teslas, but a new hybrid magnet there,...

BC Technical, a leading non-OEM provider of medical imaging solutions, has announced a strategic relationship with Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics Group (CSA CSM) anticipated to help its customers increase MRI coldhead longevity and reduce cryogen use. The partnership, BC Technical says, means its customers can not only expect the same standard...

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CSA CSM) is getting back in the publishing business with a new science magazine set to launch in 2017. Tentatively titled Mag/zine, the publication will focus on high magnetic field research, targeting both scientists and science-interested readers. It is set to publish three or...

The American Physical Society is currently accepting applications for its Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics, held concurrently Jan. 13-15, 2017, at universities across the US and Canada. The conferences feature workshops that encourage women to remain in STEM fields by discussing physics careers beyond academia and exposing physics majors...

Japan's KEK opened its doors in early September and nearly 4,000 visitors braved the late summer heat for a tour of the high energy accelerator research facility. Organizers used the event to showcase the planned International Linear Collider (ILC) project. Visitors were taken behind the scenes at two ILC test...