How to build a super-magnet
Ziad Melhem outlines the thinking that went into the design and development of the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet
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Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems
How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science
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Tesla versus Edison: lessons from the AC/DC war
James McKenzie revisits the battle between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla over the best way to transmit electricity
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Vertical launch spaceport planned for Scotland with first flights in early 2020s
Horizontal launch facility in Cornwall also gets a boost
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Simulating fluid dynamics in the cloud
Zenotech CEO David Standingford describes how the rise of cloud computing has created opportunities, both for his business and for the wider fluid-dynamics community
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Finding a niche within scientific computing
Tech-X co-founders John Cary and Svetlana Shasharina reflect on how the firm developed its specialism
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Engineering eureka: how industry engages with basic research
Executives from Airbus, Bell Labs, IBM, ID Quantique and venture-capital firm Elaia Partners share their views on basic research
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Fusion dreams
James McKenzie wonders if a commercial approach will bring a practical fusion reactor to market faster
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Quantum computing in the cloud
Commercially available quantum computing services offer qubits on tap to anyone, not just specialist research teams
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‘Super window’ uses krypton to reduce energy costs
National lab and industry resurrect design that was abandoned in the 1990s
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